- to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
- to supply (oneself) with knowledge of a matter or subject: She informed herself of all the pertinent facts.
- to give evident substance, character, or distinction to; pervade or permeate with manifest effect: A love of nature informed his writing.
- to animate or inspire.
- Obsolete.
- to train or instruct.
- to make known; disclose.
- to give or impart form to.
- to give information; supply knowledge or enlightenment: a magazine that entertains more than it informs.
- to furnish incriminating evidence about (someone) to an authority, prosecuting officer, etc.: He informed on his accomplices.
- without form; formless.
- to give information to; tell
- to make conversant (with)
- to give information regarding criminals, as to the police, etc
- to give form to
- to impart some essential or formative characteristic to
- to animate or inspire
- (tr) obsolete
- to train or educate
- to report
- without shape; unformed
