apprize

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apprize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Apprize \Ap*prize"\, v. t. [The same as Appraise, only more
     accommodated to the English form of the L. pretiare.]
     To appraise; to value; to appreciate.
     [1913 Webster]

apprize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  apprize
      v 1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the
           rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice,
           send word, apprise, apprize]
      2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the
         tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize]
      3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn:
         appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant:
         depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue]
      4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the
         Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise]
         [ant: depreciate]