inform

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To impart information to; make aware of something.
• intransitive verb To acquaint (oneself) with knowledge of a subject.
• intransitive verb To give form or character to; imbue with a quality or an essence.
• intransitive verb To be a formative or characterizing presence in; animate.
• intransitive verb Obsolete To form (the mind or character) by teaching or training.
• intransitive verb To give or provide information.
• intransitive verb To disclose confidential or incriminating information to an authority.

from The Century Dictionary.

• Without regular form; shapeless; deformed.
• To impart form or essence to, the object of the verb denoting some kind of matter, and the result being the production of a thing of some definite kind; determine the character or quality of; hence, to animate; actuate.
• To enlighten; teach; instruct; advise: as, to inform one how he should proceed.
• To communicate information to; acquaint with facts; apprise.
• To make known; disclose; tell of or about.
• To guide; direct.
• Synonyms To inspire, quicken.
• 2 and Of inform of: To apprise of, signify, communicate, disclose, reveal, acquaint with, advise of, notify or notify of, teach.
• To take form or shape; become visible.
• To give intelligence or information: generally with against or on.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb obsolete To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
• transitive verb To give intelligence or information; to tell.
• transitive verb to communicate facts by way of accusation against; to denounce.
• transitive verb To give form or share to; to give vital or organizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.
• transitive verb To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of.
• transitive verb To communicate a knowledge of facts to, by way of accusation; to warn against anybody.
• adjective Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb archaic, transitive To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge)
• verb transitive To communicate knowledge to (an)other(s).
• verb intransitive To impart information or knowledge.
• verb To act as an informer; denounce.
• verb transitive To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).
• verb obsolete, intransitive To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
• verb obsolete, transitive To direct, guide.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
• verb act as an informer
• verb give character or essence to