informed; informing; informs
Definition of inform
1
: to communicate knowledge to
inform a prisoner of his rights
2a
: to give character or essence to
the principles which inform modern teaching
b
: to be the characteristic quality of : animate
the compassion that informs her work
3
obsolete
: to give material form to
5
obsolete
: to make known
1
: to give information (as of another's wrongdoing) to an authority
informed on a member of his own gang
2
: to impart information or knowledge
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The first known use of inform was in the 14th century
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