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/ɪnfˈɔrmɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Inform v. t. (past & past part. informed; pres. part. informing)

1.

To give form or share to; to give vital or organizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion. "The informing Word." "Let others better mold the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass." "Breath informs this fleeting frame." "Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part."

2.

To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; usually followed by of. "For he would learn their business secretly, And then inform his master hastily." "I am informed thoroughly of the cause."

3.

To communicate a knowledge of facts to, by way of accusation; to warn against anybody. "Tertullus... informed the governor against Paul."

Synonyms: To acquaint; apprise; tell; teach; instruct; enlighten; animate; fashion.

Inform v. t.

1.

To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear. (Obs.) "It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes."

2.

To give intelligence or information; to tell. "He might either teach in the same manner, or inform how he had been taught."

To inform against, to communicate facts by way of accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to the magistrate, and informed against A.

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"Informing" Quotes from Famous Books

... in my life. I did never observe how much easier a man do speak when he knows all the company to be below him, than in him; for though he spoke indeed excellent well, yet his manner and freedom of doing it, as if he played with it, and was informing only all the rest of the company, was mighty pretty. He did call again and again upon Mr. Povy for his accounts. I did think fit to make the solemn tender of my accounts that I intended. I said something that was liked, touching the want of ...

— The Diary of Samuel Pepys • Samuel Pepys

... McClellan received it and heard him express satisfaction over such a stroke of luck. This citizen at once went to work to inform General Lee, which task he accomplished by passing through the Federal lines during the night and informing General Stuart, who forthwith communicated it to General Lee, who lost no time in moving heaven and earth—the former by prayer, we assume; the latter by his authority over men—to meet the emergency. Results proved how wonderfully ...

— The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson • Edward A. Moore

... such formidable opponents as the Sakarran and Sarebus pirates—who had never yet been conquered, although repeatedly attacked by the united forces of the surrounding rajahs—was strongly opposed by the chiefs. On his informing them that he should go, but leaving it optional whether they would accompany him or not, their simple reply was, "What is the use of our remaining? If you die, we die; and if you live, we live; we will go with you." Preparations for the ...

— The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido - For the Suppression of Piracy • Henry Keppel

... drives the liquid against the sides of the gauze drum, through the meshes of which the molasses escapes, leaving the dry white sugar clinging in hard cakes to the sides. Don Benigno gives us interesting statistics on his favourite subject, informing us how twelve or fourteen tons of ripe cane may be converted into one thousand five hundred ...

— The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba • Walter Goodman

... Charley! Be alive, my boy!—all's settled." So saying, he sprang from the pony and proceeded to harness the roan with the greatest haste, informing me in broken sentences, as he went on with all ...

— Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) • Charles Lever

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