apprize

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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

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

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

La Foret answer'd with very great Respect, 'Don't reproach me, Madam, I beseech you; my very Silence has an Eloquence in it which must fully apprize you of the Sentiments of my Heart.

From The Travels and Adventures of James Massey by Patot, Simon Tyssot de

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