apprize

Example Sentences

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I shall now act with more confidence, as my Sylph tells me he will watch over and apprize me of every danger.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

She did not apprize her friend of her intention.

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

Gentlemen, I have the satisfaction of being able to apprize you, that since the declaration of France, made here the 18th of March, affairs have taken in this country a most favorable turn.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared

I looked down the long table, glittering with glass and plate, and as I did so, I endeavoured to apprize the value of my extraordinary position.

From The Kidnapped President by Boothby, Guy Newell

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