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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inform \In*form"\, v. t.
1. To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
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It is the bloody business which informs
Thus to mine eyes. --Shak.
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2. To give intelligence or information; to tell. --Shak.
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He might either teach in the same manner, or inform
how he had been taught. --Monthly Rev.
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{To inform against}, to communicate facts by way of
accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to
the magistrate, and informed against A.
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