Crossword clues for informed
informed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Informed \In*formed"\ (?n-f?rmd"), a.
Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Informed stars. See under Unformed.
Inform \In*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Informed; p. pr. & vb. n. Informing.] [OE. enformen, OF. enformer, F. informer. L. informare; pref. in- in + formare to form, share, fr. forma form. See Form.]
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To give form or share to; to give vital or organizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion. ``The informing Word.''
--Coleridge.Let others better mold the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass.
--Dryden.Breath informs this fleeting frame.
--Prior.Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part.
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To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of.
For he would learn their business secretly, And then inform his master hastily.
--Spenser.I am informed thoroughly of the cause.
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To communicate a knowledge of facts to, by way of accusation; to warn against anybody.
Tertullus . . . informed the governor against Paul.
--Acts xxiv. 1.Syn: To acquaint; apprise; tell; teach; instruct; enlighten; animate; fashion.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1
1 instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education. 2 Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation. 3 (context obsolete English) created, given form. v
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(en-past of: inform) Etymology 2
a. (context obsolete English) unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless
WordNet
adj. having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer" [ant: uninformed]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "informed".
The household was abustle, and Matt had informed her that she had somewhere in the neighborhood of half an hour to get breakfast prepared and the boys off to school.
And inasmuch as we are informed that that is inconvenient, we order that the ships be prepared with all that is necessary by December, so that at the end of that month, they may leave the said port of Acapulco, so that they may be able to arrive at the said islands, at the latest, some time in March.
Christ, which body, although not informed by those accidents, is yet contained under them.
When Franklin informed him that the Comte de Chaumont was charging nothing, that they were living there at no cost, Adams worried that that, too, was inappropriate, since, as everyone knew, Chaumont was one of the largest contractors furnishing supplies for the American army.
In an official letter of June 21, Vergennes informed Adams that France opposed any revaluation of the American currency unless an exception were made for French merchants.
That spring Adams was informed that already the French had taken more than 300 trading vessels.
Public opinion--in spite of, or on account of, a crowd of witnesses--was ill informed upon the exact bearings of the question, and it was obvious that as Dutch sentiment at the Cape appeared already to be thoroughly hostile to us, it would be dangerous to alienate the British Africanders also by making a martyr of their favourite leader.
As we rounded the shoulder of the summit, Kathleen informed me that she had to go to the bathroom, and I was suddenly faced with the reality of Alaskan motherhood.
They had just arrived, the messenger informed us, on a visit to the Prior of Malvern, and came from Worcester in great privacy, attended only by Bishop Alcock, the tutor of the young princes.
Miss Velis here just informed me that she is planning to move to Algeria, to live among the Arabs?
I informed Lieutenant Alima that a freighter owned by Han Solo would be blasting out of here with two droids as its primary cargo.
Sir Alured in his letter expressed a hope that Everett might be informed instantly.
So television viewers across the land, who for the last year had not been able to settle into their recliners without being exposed to a scene of red-white-and-blue balloons and flawlessly coiffed candidates standing in front of blue curtains in hotel ballrooms, were generally befuddled when they checked the evening news on Labor Day and were informed, by solemn anchorpersons, that Tip McLane, the President, and William A.
Labor Day and were informed, by solemn anchorpersons, that Tip McLane, the President, and William A.
Bragadin informed me that he had sent his letter to the father, who had answered that he would call himself on the following day to ascertain M.