informs

Verb

inform (third-person singular simple present informs, present participle informing, simple past and past participle informed)

1. (archaic, transitive) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
2. (transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
   • For he would learn their business secretly, / And then inform his master hastily.1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   acquaint

3. (intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.
4. To act as an informer; denounce.

   Synonyms:

   dob

5. (transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).
   • His sense of religion informs everything he writes.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.

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