apprise

verb

1. (reflexive, transitive)To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.

   “The ears apprise the brain of sound.”

   “[I]n general, he reſolve to Govern vvell: And […] Throughly and rightly to appriſe himſelf of that Principle that is the Soul of the Government; […]”

   “As you have considered human nature in all its lights, you must be extremely well apprised, that there is a very close correspondence between the outward and the inward man; […]”

   “Thus far vve ſee hovv the learned Pagans might apprize themſelves from oral information of the particulars of our Saviour's hiſtory.”

   “As ſhe is a mighty Letter-vvriter, I hope ſhe has had the Duty to apprize you of her Intrigue vvith the young Clergyman; […]”

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.”

3. (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.”

   “[W]hosoever, at the proper worth, / Apprises worldly honour and repute, / Esteems it nobler to die honoured man / Beneath Mannaia, than live centuries / Disgraced in the eye o' the world.”

4. (archaic, reflexive, specifically, transitive)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,”

   “[T]he infeftment of annualrent, being jus sed ignobilius, becomes extinct, if the annualrenter thereupon do apprise the property, and be infeft: and therefore, whoever appriseth for any years of the annualrent, the infeftment thereof, unless it be taken away by satisfaction or redemption, extinguisheth the infeftment of annualrent, without distinction whether the apprising be led for any years belonging to the fiar, liferenter, or any other.”