apprised

[ uh-prahyzd ]

adjective

1. informed or notified of something:

   If there are any new developments, we'll keep you apprised.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of apprise ¹( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of apprised¹

apprise ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Blake also got through to Ballard, who promised, calmly, evenly—one legal man to another—to keep Blake fully apprised.

From The Daily Beast

The magistrate asked the wife if she had apprised the authorities of the required medications.

From The Daily Beast

McKeon sought to make her part of the process by ensuring that she was apprised in detail of every development as it happened.

From The Daily Beast

Apprised of the commercial success of his lost literary work, Thiessen laughs.

From The Daily Beast

She had not met with an accident, but had been detained at Palatka waiting for a passenger of whom the captain had been apprised.

From Project Gutenberg

When Edward reached Durham city, he was apprised of the passage of the Scots by a track of smoking ruins and devastated fields.

From Project Gutenberg

Of course the lady upon whom he operated was not apprised of his intention any more than on the first occasion.

From Project Gutenberg

When first he was apprised of this, his greed excited him, for some of the chief sweets of his office were the presents.

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When shouts from the crew apprised them that the orang blanda chief was aboard, their cries of welcome died away.

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Related Words

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• learned
• perceptive
• sensible
• smart
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• well-informed
• well-rounded
• wise