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apprize

apprize is the archaic form of appraise.

apprize is the archaic form of apprise.

Meaning of appraise

Verb (1)

appraise (third-person singular simple present appraises, present participle appraising, simple past and past participle appraised)

  1. (transitive) To determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.
    • to appraise goods and chattels
  2. (transitive) To consider comprehensively.
  3. (transitive) To judge the performance of someone, especially a worker.
    • At the end of the contract, you will be appraised by your line manager.
  4. (transitive) To estimate; to conjecture.
  5. (transitive) To praise; to commend.

Verb (2)

appraise (third-person singular simple present appraises, present participle appraising, simple past and past participle appraised)

  1. (proscribed, transitive) To apprise, inform.

Meaning of apprise

Verb (1)

apprise (third-person singular simple present apprises, present participle apprising, simple past and past participle apprised)

  1. (reflexive, transitive) To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.
    • The ears apprise the brain of sound.
    Synonyms:
    acquaint, keep (someone) abreast of, keep someone posted, advise, discuss, enlighten, impart, inform, keep informed, let know
  2. (rare, reflexive, transitive) To formally impart (information) to someone; to advise, to notify.
    • P.S. Morlands have not yet written to my bankers apprizing the payment of your balances; pray desire them to do so.1817 October 23, Lord Byron, “Letter CCC. To Mr. Murray.”, in Thomas Moore, editor, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], published...

Verb (2)

apprise (third-person singular simple present apprises, present participle apprising, simple past and past participle apprised)

  1. (archaic, reflexive, transitive) Synonym of appraise (“to determine the value or worth of (something)”).
    • Theſe [people] muſt remember, hovv highly God apprizeth good purpoſes, and deſires, accepting, and revvarding them, vvhen they come to him, as if they came accompanied vvith the deeds themſelues.1614, Daniell Dyke [i.e., Daniel Dyke], “The Answering of the Obiection which the Deceitfull Heart of Man Might Gather out of the Former Doctrine of the Heartes Deceitfulnesse”, in I[eremiah] D[yke]...
    Synonyms:
    appraise
  2. (archaic, reflexive, specifically, transitive, Scots law) To put a price on (something) for the purpose of sale; to appraise.
    • Infeftments are alſo extinct, vvhen the Superior adjudgeth or appriſeth from his Vaſſal; for thereby it vvas found, that the Property vvas Conſolidat vvith the Superiority,1681, James Dalrymple of Stair [i.e., James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair], “Extinction of Infeftments”, in The Institutions of the Law of Scotland, […], 1st part, Edinburgh: […] Heir of Andrew...

Forms of apprize

third-person singular presentapprizes
present participleapprizing
past participleapprized
pastapprized
second-person singular present (archaic)apprizest
second-person singular past (archaic)apprizedst

Origin of apprize

See appraise.

See apprise (etymology 1).

See apprise (etymology 2).

Words formed from apprize

Questions about apprize

What is apprize the archaic form of?
Apprize is the archaic form of appraise.

Words near apprize in the dictionary

  1. appriseth
  2. apprising
  3. apprisings
  4. apprizal
  5. apprizals
  6. apprize
  7. apprized
  8. apprizement
  9. apprizements
  10. apprizer
  11. apprizers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apprize (page history and authors); appraise (page history and authors); apprise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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