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/nˈoʊtəfˌaɪ/ Listen

verb

Notify v. t. (past & past part. notified; pres. part. notifying)

To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person. "No law can bind till it be notified or promulged."

To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as, the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the city hall; the bell notifies us of the time of meeting. "The President of the United States has notified the House of Representatives that he has approved and signed the act." Note: This application of notify has been condemned; but it is in constant good use in the United States, and in perfect accordance with the use of certify.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Notify" Quotes from Famous Books

... breakfast time. "Ole Miss" sent to notify the general. The servant found the room empty and the bed unslept in—only the dictionary and Napoleon's Maxims (the Bible was gone) on the table to testify to its late occupancy. Jim, the general's body servant, emerged from an inner room. "Gineral ...

— The Long Roll • Mary Johnston

... jurisdiction. He was obeyed, and order was given to deliver the prisoner to him; but the governor refused to deliver him up. Consequently, the father commissary of the Holy Office sent two religious of St. Dominic to notify the governor by another act, similar to that sent to the judge. The governor not only did not obey it, but arrested the two religious and sent them to Cavite with an adjutant, and had them placed in the convent of San Telmo of their order. Afterward, when the governor found himself at variance with ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXV, 1635-36 • Various

... Legislative Assembly a sealed packet containing the nominations, the actual ballot papers and the counterfoils, which shall be preserved for a period of at least twelve months. The Governor-in-Council shall notify by Proclamation the names of the ...

— Proportional Representation - A Study in Methods of Election • John H. Humphreys

... in prison. The National Science Foundation and Department of Justice share enforcement responsibilities. Public Law 95-541, the US Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended in 1996, requires expeditions from the US to Antarctica to notify, in advance, the Office of Oceans, Room 5805, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, which reports such plans to other nations as required by the Antarctic Treaty. For more information, contact Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, ...

— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... be nice!" cried Prissy. "Oh, very, very nice! It would be better to notify the Board of Health. But it would be still better if his wife would come home and mind her own business. These Americans who hang about the edges of the war, fishing for sensations, make me ...

— We Can't Have Everything • Rupert Hughes

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