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inform

in·form

UK/ɪnˈfɔːm/ US/ɪnˈfɔɹm/ common formal

verb

1.

impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to

  • “I informed him of his rights”
2.

give character or essence to

  • “The principles that inform modern teaching”
3.

act as an informer

  • “She had informed on her own parents for years”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • inform on

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