inform

Definition

To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).

Etymology

From Middle English informen, enformen, borrowed from Old French enformer, informer (“to train, instruct, inform”), from Latin īnfōrmō (“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), from in- (“into”) + fōrma (“form, shape”), equivalent to in- + form.

Example Sentences

• "For he would learn their business secretly, / And then inform his master hastily."
• "I am informed thoroughly of the cause."
• "His sense of religion informs everything he writes."