Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AP-PRISE'
AP-PRISE', v.t. [s as z. Fr. appris, participle of apprendre, to learn, or inform. See Apprehend.]
To inform; to give notice, verbal or written; followed by of as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.
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