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notify

  • /ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier.

verb notifies · notifying · notified

  1. transitive To give (someone) notice (of some event). The dispatcher immediately notified the volunteer fire department of the emergency call.
  2. obsolete, transitive To make (something) known.
  3. obsolete, transitive To make note of (something).

Similar: apprise, inform

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