Part 575

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Apprise</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*prise"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Apprised</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Apprising</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>appris</ets>, fem. <ets>apprise</ets>, p. p. <ets>apprendre</ets> to learn, to teach, to inform. Cf. <er>Apprehend</er>, <er>Apprentice</er>.]</ety> <def>To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by <i>of</i>; <as>as, we will <ex>apprise</ex> the general of an intended attack; he <ex>apprised</ex> the commander of what he had done.</as></def>

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<hw>Ap*prise"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Notice; information.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Apprizal</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*priz"al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Appraisal</er>.</def>

<h1>Apprize</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*prize"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[The same as <er>Appraise</er>, only more accommodated to the English form of the L. <ets>pretiare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To appraise; to value; to appreciate.</def>

<h1>Apprizement</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*prize"ment</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Appraisement.</def>

<h1>Apprizer</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*priz"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An appraiser.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>A creditor for whom an appraisal is made.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Approach</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*proach"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Approached</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Approaching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>approchen</ets>, <ets>aprochen</ets>, OF. <ets>approcher</ets>, LL. <ets>appropriare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ad + propiare</ets> to draw near, <ets>prope</ets> near.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.</def>

<blockquote>Wherefore <b>approached</b> ye so nigh unto the city? <i>2 Sam. xi. 20.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day <b>approaching</b>. <i>Heb. x. 25.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; <as>as, he <ex>approaches</ex> to the character of the ablest statesman</as>.</def>

<h1>Approach</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*proach"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; <as>as, to <ex>approach</ex> the city; to <ex>approach</ex> my cabin; he <ex>approached</ex> the age of manhood.</as></def>

<blockquote>He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have <b>approached</b> Homer. <i>Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To take approaches to.</def>

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