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Appraise/apprise: To appraise is to determine the value of something; to apprise is to inform others of something. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
(I love the word "apprise", it sounds so official.). From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
We have to apprise you of the decease of L'Hage Abdallah. From Wordnik.com. [An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa] Reference
Stand out plainly from its false ones, and apprise it if pursuing. From Wordnik.com. [Browning's Heroines] Reference
Alexander Macdonald: here she desired one of the servants to apprise. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
The hardest thing of all was to apprise the poor girl of her situation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
Now he must apprise her of his approaching return and explain his long silence. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
Indeed, how could she apprise him of events which were now the talk of the court?. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Terry hastened to the quarters of the Health Officer to apprise him of the facts. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
He stated that he did not apprise the club of the change, and that it was not noticed. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
Snayleye, lived in London: so I thought I would go over to apprise them of my return home. From Wordnik.com. [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference
Marechal, much alarmed, had hastened back to Madame Desvarennes to apprise her of the fact. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Sister Bourgeois 'room also, to apprise her of the expected death of her old and loved companion. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
It was no use to watch for the fence now; it would apprise her of its presence when she came to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
I directed them to return and watch them closely, and to apprise me of any movement they might make. From Wordnik.com. [Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography] Reference
She would not even apprise the Bailie of her departure, lest she might leave some clue for discovery. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
There are other signals which a catcher must give to basemen to apprise them of his intention to throw. From Wordnik.com. [Base-Ball How to Become a Player] Reference
Cameron, the son of Cameron of Lochiel, was dispatched to Perth to apprise the Earl of Mar of the event. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.] Reference
He gave them an evasive answer, believing that it was quite as well not to apprise them of the situation. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
The commander of the party, immediately sent an expressman to the fort to apprise its occupants of the fact. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself] Reference
As we journeyed we overtook the scouts, who were returning to apprise us of the exact location of the buffaloes. From Wordnik.com. [Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography] Reference
He had not written Persis to apprise her of his change of plans, and she heard of it only through Mrs. Hornblower. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
When let loose at night, a warning bell was rung to apprise the inhabitants, as they tore the legs of every one they met. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
As the rest of the world worked to apprise the severity of the situation, most of my co-workers were calmly bicycling to work. From Wordnik.com. [Online Challenge: E-Life For Everyone] Reference
Mont at once sought refuge in the interior of the ship, and ran to apprise the captain of the formidable state affairs were assuming. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference
He might, at least, leave directions where his friends might write to him, in case they should have any thing whereof to apprise him. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
Jaalin scouts were sent forward to Surgham Hill to listen, and to apprise the troops of any movement on the part of the Khalifa's army. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
From thence I sailed to Cuba, and was the first to apprise our owners of the piratical onslaught by which the factory had been destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
These hints will apprise the reader that the greatest care, compatible with safety, is taken of a negro's health and cleanliness on the voyage. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
So far they had heard no sound to apprise them of the presence of a lurking enemy, and they began to think that possibly the house was deserted. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
He thereupon asserted that he had called simply to apprise me that whenever I wanted the position he would very cheerfully resign and yield it to me. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
And she tries to apprise her superiors of this and goes up the chain of command, eventually files a whistleblower complaint, gets whistleblower status. From Wordnik.com. [Filmmaker Says Katrina No Natural Disaster] Reference
Preparations were going forward for bringing up, and the skipper's intention to apprise Little of the events of the past night was perforce laid aside. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
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