Apprizement

/əˈpraɪzmənt/ noun

Definition

The act or process of informing someone; a notification or making aware of information.

Etymology

From 'apprise' (to inform) plus '-ment' (a suffix forming nouns from verbs, indicating action or result). Like other 'apprise' derivatives, this technical noun is archaic and rarely used in modern English.

Kelly Says

Apprizement is basically a dead word—it appears in old legal documents and letters from the 1600s-1800s, but English speakers eventually preferred simpler words like 'notification' or 'information,' showing how specialized vocabulary gets replaced by more common terms.

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