inform
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) informen, enformen, from (etyl) enformer, .
Verb
(en verb )
(archaic) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
To communicate knowledge to.
* Spenser
- For he would learn their business secretly, / And then inform his master hastily.
* Shakespeare
- I am informed thoroughly of the cause.
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.).
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
, volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution
, passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.}}
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* Dryden
- Let others better mould the running mass / Of metals, and inform the breathing brass.
* Prior
- Breath informs this fleeting frame.
(obsolete) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
(obsolete) To direct, guide.
(archaic) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
* Shakespeare
- It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes.
Synonyms
* acquaint, apprise, notify
* (act as informer) dob, name names, peach, snitch
Derived terms
* informant
* information
* informative
* informatory
* informed
* informer
* misinform
* uninformed
Etymology 2
(etyl) (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary
lena”>lena) informis
Adjective
(–)
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
- (Cotton)
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advise
English
Verb
(advis)
To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
- The dentist advised brushing three times a day.
To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with (m) before the thing communicated.
- We were advised of the risk.
- The lawyer advised me to drop the case, since there was no chance of winning.
To consider, to deliberate.
* 1843 , ”, book 2, ch. VIII, ”The Election
- accordingly. His Majesty, advising of it for a moment, orders that Samson be brought in with the other Twelve.
(obsolete) To look at, watch; to see.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.v:
- when that villain he auiz’d , which late / Affrighted had the fairest Florimell , / Full of fiers fury, and indignant hate, / To him he turned
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See .
Derived terms
* advice
* advisable
* advisement
* adviser
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