Definition of INFORM. Meaning of INFORM. Synonyms of INFORM
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Definition of INFORM
Inform Inform In*form", a. [L. informis; pref. in- not + forma form,
shape: cf. F. informe]
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. --Cotton.
Inform Inform In*form", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Informed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Informing.] [OE. enformen, OF. enformer, F. informer. L.
informare; pref. in- in + formare to form, share, fr. forma
form. See Form.]
1. To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power
to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality;
to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.
``The informing Word.' --Coleridge.
Let others better mold the running mass Of metals,
and inform the breathing brass. --Dryden.
Breath informs this fleeting frame. --Prior.
Breathes in our soul,informs our mortal part.
--Pope.
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. --Spenser.
I am informed thoroughky of the cause. --Shak.
3. To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of
accusation; to warn against anybody.
Tertullus . . . informed the governor against Paul.
--Acts xxiv.
1.
Syn: To acquaint; apprise; tell; teach; instruct; enlighten;
animate; fashion.
Inform Inform In*form", 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. --Shak.
2. To give intelligence or information; to tell. --Shak.
He might either teach in the same manner,or inform
how he had been taught. --Monthly Rev.
To inform against, to communicate facts by way of
accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to
the magistrate, and informed against A.
