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notify

verb/ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/

What It Means

To give (someone) notice (of some event).

To make (something) known.

To make note of (something).

The dispatcher immediately notified the volunteer fire department of the emergency call.

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From Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier.

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