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11inform — I (betray) verb accuse, announce, bear witness against, betray the secret, break faith, break trust, charge, communicate, confess, declare, denounce, disclose, disclose intentionally, disclose secrets, divulge, expose, give over to the foe,… …
12inform on — index betray (disclose), denounce (inform against), expose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13inform — (v.) early 14c., to train or instruct in some specific subject, from O.Fr. informer instruct, inform, teach, and directly from L. informare to shape, form, figuratively train, instruct, educate, from in into (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + formare to… …
14inform — is a formal equivalent of tell and is generally limited to official contexts. It is followed by of or a that clause (The police informed them of their rights / An announcement informed us that the train was about to arrive), but (unlike tell)… …
15inform — ► VERB 1) give facts or information to. 2) (inform on) give incriminating information about (someone) to the police or other authority. 3) give an essential or formative principle or quality to. ORIGIN Latin informare shape, describe …
16Inform — In*form , a. [L. informis; pref. in not + forma form, shape: cf. F. informe] Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. Cotton. [1913 Webster] …
17inform — [v] communicate knowledge, information acquaint, advise, apprise, betray, blab*, brief, caution, clue, edify, educate, endow, endue, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, forewarn, give a pointer, give a tip, give away, give two cents*, illuminate,… …
18inform — inform1 [in fôrm′] vt. [ME informen < OFr enformer < L informare: see IN 1 & FORM] 1. a) Obs. to give form to b) to give character to; be the formative principle of c) to give or in …
19Inform — This article is about the programming language. For other uses, see Inform (disambiguation). Inform Original author(s) Graham Nelson Developer(s) Graham Nelson …
20inform — verb ADVERB ▪ merely, simply ▪ I am not advising you. I am merely informing you of the situation. ▪ regularly (esp. BrE) ▪ immediately, quickly …
