apprize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
    
from The 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]
    

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