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Inform

//ɪnˈfɔɹm// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. not-comparable

    "Bleak Crags, and naked Hills, And the whole Prospect so inform and rude"

Verb
  1. 1
    To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge). archaic, transitive
  2. 2
    give character or essence to wordnet
  3. 3
    To communicate knowledge to. transitive

    "For he would learn their business secretly, / And then inform his master hastily."

  4. 4
    impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to wordnet
  5. 5
    To impart information or knowledge. intransitive
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  1. 6
    act as an informer wordnet
  2. 7
    To act as an informer; denounce.
  3. 8
    To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.). transitive

    "His sense of religion informs everything he writes."

  4. 9
    To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably. intransitive, obsolete
  5. 10
    To direct, guide. formal, transitive

    "Don't forget the code of ethics that informs this profession."

  6. 11
    To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear. archaic, intransitive

    "It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English informen, enformen, borrowed from Old French enformer, informer (“to train, instruct, inform”), from Latin īnfōrmō (“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), from in- (“into”) + fōrma (“form, shape”), equivalent to in- + form.

Etymology 2

From Latin īnfōrmis.

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