Associations to the word «Apprise»

Wiktionary

APPRISE, verb. (transitive) To notify, or to make aware; to inform.

Dictionary definition

APPRISE, verb. Inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due".
APPRISE, verb. Make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?".
APPRISE, verb. Gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!".
APPRISE, verb. Increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats