inform

 
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɔːm/

verb

  • 1 [reporting verb] give (someone) facts or information; tell: [with object]: he wrote to her, informing her of the situation [with object and direct speech]: ‘That’s nothing new,’ she informed him [with object and clause]: they were informed that no risk was involved
  • [no object] give incriminating information about someone to the police or other authority: he had been recruited by the KGB to inform on his fellow students
  • 2 [with object] give an essential or formative principle or quality to: religion informs every aspect of their lives

Origin:

Middle English enforme, informe 'give form or shape to', also 'form the mind of, teach', from Old French enfourmer, from Latin informare 'shape, fashion, describe', from in- 'into' + forma 'a form'