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Source Word

inform

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪnˈfɔɹm/

Verb

archaic transitive intransitive obsolete

Japanese Meaning

知らせる、通知する / 情報を伝える / 知識を伝授する、教育・訓練する

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In the old academy, scholars would inform novices in the subtle arts of rhetoric and logic.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

かつての学府では、学者たちが見習いに修辞学や論理学の繊細な技法を教えた。

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Sense（1）

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

Sense（2）

(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.

For he would learn their business secretly, / And then inform his master hastily.

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Sense（3）

(intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.

Sense（4）

To act as an informer; denounce.

Sense（5）

WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.

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Sense（6）

(obsolete, intransitive) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.

Sense（7）

(obsolete, transitive) To direct, guide.

Sense（8）

(archaic, intransitive) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.

It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes.

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informs

（ present singular third-person ）

informing

（ participle present ）

informed

（ participle past ）

informed

（ past ）

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