apprize

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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

Each regiment and corps will apprize them of this, that ignorance may not be pleaded as an excuse.

From An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, Under the Command of their Excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. by Willyams, Cooper

This we learnt from a soldier named Galleguillo, who had deserted to us from Narvaez during the night, or perhaps had been secretly sent to apprize us of it by Duero.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (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

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

Tennyson. µ In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah