Very soon, about a dozen young imps were roosting, like so many crows, on the verandah railings, each one determined to be the first one to apprize the strange Mas'r of his ill luck.
``Let me use my authority as a leech,'' answered Rebecca, ``and enjoin you to keep silence, and avoid agitating reflections, whilst I apprize you of what you desire to know.
the mighty news How somebody had somehow somewhere seen Their tree-top-tuft of bloom above the wall, And came now to apprize them the tree's self Was no such crab-sort as should go feed swine, But veritable gold, the Hesperian ball Ordained for Hercules to haste and pluck, And bear and give the Gods to banquet with-- Hercules standing ready at the door.
Like Saladin and later characters of higher social status, such as Fiammetta's Philip Augustus, he is an "accorto uomo," an able listener who can quickly apprize the meaning of the moment, when the meaning is conveyed with verbal skill.
"I hasten to apprize Your Excellency of the capture of this very important Post-2,500 troops have this day surrendered Prisoners of war, and about 25 pieces of Ordnance have been taken, without the sacrifice of a drop of British blood.
apprize - inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"
apprize - gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!"
apprize - increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark"