apprize

Tell her, you would think it your duty to apprize her parents of the danger into which she was throwing herself.

From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Hester Chapone

We therefore encamped at half past two o'clock in a pleasant pine clump, and immediately set fire to a tree to apprize the Indians of our situation.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin

When Chichimeclatecl received information of this, he instantly returned to Tezcuco in order to apprize Cortes of it.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

The ensign Corral now called out to the soldiers to apprize Cortes that it was impossible to ascend further, and that the descent was equally dangerous.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

My Intention has only been to represent them sufficiently, that they may be so distinguished when they do occur, as to apprize the People of their great Danger.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot

Governor Dan Moody, apprized of the situation, sent 70 militiamen, was reported to have telegraphed: "Protect the Negro, but don't shoot anybody."

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally apprized thereof by public rumor, her family was anxious to learn of her fate, but, despite their desolation, they neither were able nor did they dare to undertake the long journey.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue

And, when the world shall, at last, become unavoidably apprized of the fact, I shall have taken sanctuary in the grave, where the fulsome applause of the multitude can never reach me.”

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School

You have been apprized already of their opposition to Captains Wyeth, Bonneville, and others; and we find that the same spirit dwells with them at the present day.

From Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon by Frederick Van Voorhies Holman

She had been apprized of its rapid and destructive progress in one quarter of the city, but hitherto it had existed, with regard to her, chiefly in the form of rumour.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown

I would not leave the city without apprizing you of this detection of your schemes.

From Jane Talbot by Charles Brockden Brown

If so, should he do so without apprizing Egnatius of the real name and origin of his overseer?

From The Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas White

Those tales among this class which were attainable he collected into a small volume, and apprizing the world that they were "twice-told", sent them forth anew to make their own way, in the year 1841.

From Literary and Social Essays by George William Curtis

But how wilt thou hinder the lady from apprizing her friend of the real name?

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Samuel Richardson

Hester had sent a hurried note to Molly apprizing her of Susy's arrival, and begging of her, if she valued her peace of mind, not to come near the Grange on this dreadful Sunday.

From Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World by L. T. Meade