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inform verb (informed, informing) 1 tr & intr, (especially inform someone about or of something) to give them knowledge or information about it; to tell them about it. 2 literary or formal to animate, inspire, or give life to something. 3 formal to give an essential quality to something.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin informare to give form to or describe.

inform against or on someone to give incriminating evidence about them to the authorities. See also grass (verb 3), shop (verb 2).