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See also:in formandinform.

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishinformen,enformen, borrowed fromOld Frenchenformer,informer(“to train, instruct, inform”), fromLatinīnfōrmō(“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), fromin-(“into”) +fōrma(“form, shape”), equivalent toin- +‎form.

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Verb

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inform (third-person singular simple presentinforms,present participleinforming,simple past and past participleinformed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) Toinstruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
  2. (transitive) Tocommunicateknowledge to.
  3. (intransitive) Toimpartinformation orknowledge.
  4. To act as aninformer;denounce.
  5. (transitive) To giveform orcharacter to; toinspire (with a given quality); toaffect,influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).
    His sense of religioninforms everything he writes.
    • 2013 June 7,Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume188, number26, page18:
      WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainlyinformed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.
    • 1697,Virgil, “The Sixth Book of theÆneis”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC,page397, lines1169-1170:
      Let others better mould the running mass / Of metals, andinform the breathing brass
    • 1858,Matthew Prior,The poetical works of Matthew Prior, Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Company,page120, line401:
      O! long as breathinforms this fleeting frame / Ne'er let me pass in silence Dorset's name
  6. (obsolete, intransitive) To makeknown, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
  7. (formal, transitive) Todirect,guide.
    Don't forget the code of ethics thatinforms this profession.
  8. (archaic, intransitive) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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instruct—seeinstruct
to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
to act as an informer, denounce—see alsoinform on
to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)
(obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)
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Etymology 2

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Latinīnfōrmis

Adjective

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inform (notcomparable)

  1. Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
    • 1765,Charles Cotton, “Wonders of Peake”, inPoetical Works, page342:
      Bleak Crags, and naked Hills,
      And the whole Prospect soinform and rude

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchinforme, fromLatininformis.

Adjective

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inform m orn (feminine singularinformă,masculine pluralinformi,feminine and neuter pluralinforme)

  1. deformed

Declension

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Declension ofinform
singularplural
masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
nominative-
accusative		indefiniteinforminformăinformiinforme
definiteinformulinformainformiiinformele
genitive-
dative		indefiniteinforminformeinformiinforme
definiteinformuluiinformeiinformilorinformelor
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