INFORM Copy link • INFORMTo animate, etc. (poetical) Vid: To give intelligence. To inform anybody of anything, indicium de re alicui dare or ad aliquem afferre; aliquem certiorem facere de re; rem deferre ad aliquem (before a magistrate): nunciare alicui aliquid (to inform by writing or by a messenger); per nuncium declarare alicui aliquid (to declare by a messenger); certiorem facere aliquem alicujus rei or de re, by writing, per litteras (to give anybody certain information); docere aliquem aliquid or de re (to teach about any subject); deferre, perferre aliquid ad aliquem (to inform one of anything); significare alicui aliquid (to give one to understand anything, to inform to signify, especially under the seal of secrecy; fo give a hint of anything, by writing, litteris or per litteras). To inform against anybody, indicare aliquem: nomen alicujus deferre (yive his name to the judge): accusare aliquem: to inform against an innocent person, calumniari aliquem.