INFORM
- to pass on information, also ENFORM [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- to give material form to
- give character or essence to the principles which inform modern teaching
- be the characteristic quality of animate the compassion that informs her work
- to supply with information [v INFORMED, INFORMING, INFORMS]
- ide direct
- make known
- communicate knowledge to inform a prisoner of his rights
- impart information or knowledge
- give information (as of another's wrongdoing) to an authority informed on a member of his own gang