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  1. transitive verb To impart information to; make aware of something: We were informed by mail of the change in plans. The nurse informed me that visiting hours were over.
  2. transitive verb To acquaint (oneself) with knowledge of a subject.
  3. transitive verb To give form or character to; imbue with a quality or an essence: "A society's strength is measured by . . . its ability to inform a future generation with its moral standards” (Vanity Fair).
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  • My goal was to inform, amuse, and spark discussion. —  Crush Liberalism
  • A joint venture between Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network is a multi-platform media company designed to entertain, inform, and inspire people to live their best lives.
  • Continuing its efforts to educate, inform, and empower the people of Chicago, SAVE THE PATIENT, a not - for-profit patient-focused organization, is hosting its 25-minute live call-in show, "Community Health," on Chicago Access Network (CAN-TV) on Monday, January 12, 2009 at —  Emaxhealth
  • Not only should social media releases inform, they should ignite the spread of the story being told to multimedia by being shared, bookmarked, and by spreading the content through various social media outlets such as Twitter and Mixx. —  RushPRnews - Newswire & Global Press Release Distribution
  • The Candidate accepts as their duty and responsibility to educate, inform, and remind people that with the blessings of Freedom comes a Great responsibility. —  Hot Air » Top Picks
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English enfourmen, informen, from Old French enfourmer, from Latin īnfōrmāre : in-, in; see in-2 + fōrmāre, to fashion (from fōrma, form).

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  1. Early modern English also enform; from Middle English informen, enformen, from Old French enformer, enfourmer, informer, French informer = Spanish Portuguese informar = Italian informare (cf. Dutch informeren = German informiren = Danish informere = Swedish informera), from Latin informare, give form to, delineate, sketch, inform, instruct, from in, in, on, + formare, form: see form, v.
  2. = Old French (and F.) informe = Spanish Portuguese Italian informe, from Latin informis, that has no form, from in- privative + forma, form, shape. Cf. deform, a.
 

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