inform
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[edit] Etymology
Recorded since 1320 "to train or instruct in some specific subject," from Latin informare "to shape, form, train, instruct, educate", itself from in- "into" + forma "form, shape"
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- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m
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to inform (third-person singular simple present informs, present participle informing, simple past and past participle informed)
- (archaic) (transitive) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge)
- (transitive) To communicate knowledge to (an)other(s).
- (intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.
- To act as an informer (on ...), denounce.
- (obsolete) (intransitive) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
- (obsolete) (transitive) To direct, guide
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instruct — see instruct
to communicate knowledge to (an)other(s)
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to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
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to act as an informer, denounce
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to make known (intransitive)
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