Literary notes about apprise (AI summary)
In literature, "apprise" is used as a formal and precise way to indicate informing or notifying someone of vital information. It often serves to introduce urgent or significant news, whether it is a warning, update, or declaration of an impending event. Authors employ the term to heighten the sense of duty or urgency in communication—as when a character is sent to apprise a superior of worsening circumstances ([1], [2]) or when personal revelations are shared in confidence ([3], [4]). At times, "apprise" also functions as a narrative tool, directly involving the reader to set the stage for unfolding events ([5], [6]), underscoring its role in bridging action and understanding within the text.
- “Apprise the Duc d’Aiguillon of what I say, that he may arrange with you if my sickness grows worse; so that we may part without any publicity.”
— from Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Complete Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen by Mme. (Jeanne-Louise-Henriette) Campan - I myself am on my way to apprise the empress of Mesmer's success."
— from Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach - I have been in pain for you—I am sorry I did not apprise you beforehand.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson - Passepartout, not daring to apprise his master of what he heard, listened with set teeth, immovable as a statue.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne - And, in this place, it may be as well to apprise the reader, that Miss Fanny Squeers was in her three-and-twentieth year.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens - It is only fair to apprise the reader right here, that almost all Economists deny that any new capital is created through Credit.
— from Principles of Political Economy by Arthur Latham Perry
