apprize

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There was a good deal of firing going on in the suburbs nearest to the position, which this Highlander thought it right to apprize his people of.

From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William

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 Chapone, Hester

Of what they see with lustrous eyes, Where all the stars in light are dwelling, They faithfully the king apprize, And never are they tired of telling.

From Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. by Hardenberg, Friedrich von

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 Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

I immediately returned, and reported the circumstance to General Alten, who sent off a despatch to apprize Lord Wellington.

From Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 by Kincaid, J. (John)