notify

notify
notifiable, adj.notifier, n.
/noh"teuh fuy'/, v.t., notified, notifying.
1. to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
2. Chiefly Brit. to make known; give information of: The sale was notified in the newspapers.
[1325-75; ME notifien < MF notifier < L notificare, equiv. to (g)not(us) (ptp. of (g)noscere to come to know; see KNOW1) + -ificare -IFY]
Syn. 1. apprise, advise, tell.

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