apprise
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Is apprise a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
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- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of apprise?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (rare) To formally impart (information) to someone; to advise, to notify.Examples: "P.S. Morlands have not yet written to my bankers apprizing the payment of your balances; pray desire them to do so."rarereflexivetransitive
verb (English)
1. (specifically, Scots law) To put a price on (something) for the purpose of sale; to appraise.Examples: "Infeftments are alſo extinct, vvhen the Superior adjudgeth or appriſeth from his Vaſſal; for thereby it vvas found, that the Property vvas Conſolidat vvith the Superiority,"; "[T]he infeftment of annualrent, being jus sed ignobilius, becomes extinct, if the annualrenter thereupon do apprise the property, and be infeft: and therefore, whoever appriseth for any years of the annualrent, the infeftment thereof, unless it be taken away by satisfaction or redemption, extinguisheth the infeftment of annualrent, without distinction whether the apprising be led for any years belonging to the fiar, liferenter, or any other."archaicreflexivespecificallytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary