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inform¹
- /ɪnˈfɔɹm/ US
- /ɪnˈfɔːm/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)m
Where it comes from
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.
verb informs · informing · informed · enform
- To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
- To communicate knowledge to. For he would learn their business secretly, / And then inform his master hastily.
- To impart information or knowledge.
- To act as an informer; denounce.
- To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.). His sense of religion informs everything he writes.
- To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
- To direct, guide. Don’t forget the code of ethics that informs this profession.
- To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear. It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes.
Similar: apprise, notify, name names, peach, snitch, take shape, advise, discuss, enlighten, impart, inform, keep informed
inform²
- /ɪnˈfɔɹm/ US
- /ɪnˈfɔːm/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)m
Where it comes from
From Latin īnfōrmis.
adjective
- Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. Bleak Crags, and naked Hills, And the whole Prospect so inform and rude
