Without regular form; shapeless; ugly.
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1. To give intelligence.
2. He might either teach in the same manner, or inform how he had been taught--
3. To inform against, to communicate facts by way of accusation; to give intelligence of a breach of law. Two persons came to the magistrate, and informed against adjective
1. Properly, to give form or shape to, but in this sense not used.
3. Let others better mold the running mass
4. Of metals, and inform the breathing brass.
5. Breath informs this fleeting frame.
6. --Breathes in our soul, informs our vital part.
7. [This use is chiefly or wholly poetical.]
8. To instruct; to tell to; to acquaint; to communicate knowledge to; to make known to by word or writing; usually followed by of. Before we judge, we should be well informed of the facts relating to the case. A messenger arrived and informed the commander of the state of the troops. Letters from Europe inform us of the commencement of hostilities between the Persians and Turks.
9. To communicate a knowledge of facts to one by way of accusation.
10. Tertullus informed the governor against Paul. Acts 24:1 .
11. In this application the verb is usually intransitive; as, A informed against B.
1. To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.
2. To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of.
4. To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
5. To give intelligence or information; to tell.
1. Not in the regular or usual form; as an informal writing; informal proceedings.
2. Not in the usual manner; not according to custom; as an informal visit.
3. Not with the official forms; as the secretary made to the envoy an informal communication.
1. Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit.
2. Deranged in mind; out of one's senses.
of Informality
Want of regular or customary form. The informality of legal proceedings may render them void.
1. The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.
2. An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does not conform to the established rule.
In an irregular or informal manner; without the usual forms.
In an informal manner.
1. One who informs, or gives intelligence.
2. One who offers an accusation. [ See Informer , which is generally used.]
1. One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.
2. One who imparts information or instruction.
3. One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer.
1. The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.
2. News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction.
3. A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment.
Information
Encyclopedia Britannica
INFORMATION, in English law, is a formal accusation of a crime committed, preferred ex officio by the attorneygeneral or solicitor-general in the Queen’s Bench without the intervention of a grand jury. It lies only for misdemeanour and not for treason, felonies, or misprision of treason (see Indictment) ; and it is properly employed against such “enormous misdemeanours” as peculiarly tend to disturb or endanger the Queen’s government, e.g., seditions, obstructing the Queen’s officers in the execution of their duties, &c. In the form of the proceedings the attorneygeneral is said to “come into the court of our lady the Queen before the Queen herself at Westminster, and gives the court there to understand and be informed that, &c.” Then follows the statement of the offence as in an indictment. The information is filed in the crown office without the leave of the court. An information may also be filed at the instance of a private prosecutor for misdemeanours not affecting the government, but being peculiarly flagrant and pernicious. Thus criminal informations have been granted for bribing or attempting to bribe public functionaries, and for aggravated libels on public or private persons. Leave to file an information is obtained after an application to show cause, founded on a sworn statement of the material facts of the case.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 13, p. 73
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Having power to animate.
Full of, or conveying, information; instructive.
Told; instructed; made acquainted.
1. One who animates, informs or gives intelligence.
2. One who communicates, or whose duty it is to communicate to a magistrate a knowledge of the violations of law, and bring the offenders to trial.
1. One who informs, animates, or inspires.
2. One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
1. Giving notice or intelligence; telling.
2. Communicating facts by way of accusation.
3. Informing officer, is an officer whose duty it is to inform against persons for breaches of law, as an attorney-general, a sheriff, constable, or grand juror.
4. A common informer, is any person who informs against another.
Want of regular form; shapelessness.
Want of regular form; shapelessness.
Of no regular form or figure; shapeless.
Of irregular form; shapeless.
1. Intelligence; notice, news or advice communicated by word or writing. We received information of the capture of the ship by an arrival at Boston. The information by the messenger is confirmed by letters.
2. Knowledge derived from reading or instruction.
3. He should get some information in the subject he intends to handle.
4. Knowledge derived from the senses or from the operation of the intellectual faculties.
5. The active informations of the intellect--
6. Communication of facts for the purpose of accusation; a charge or accusation exhibited to a magistrate or court. An information is the accusation of a common informer or of a private person; the accusation of a grand jury is called an indictment or a presentment.
Information Roget’s Thesaurus §527
N. information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge, publicity, data, communication, intimation, notice, notification, enunciation, annunciation, announcement, communiqu, representation, round robin, presentment, case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition, news, return, account, statement, mention, acquainting, instruction, outpouring, intercommunication, communicativeness, informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece, informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective, sleuth, mouchard, spy, newsmonger, messenger, amicus curiae, valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide, guidebook, handbook, vade mecum, manual, map, plan, chart, gazetteer, itinerary, hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay, gesture, gentle hint, broad hint, verbum sapienti, insinuation, information theory, bit, byte, word, doubleword, quad word, paragraph, segment, magnetic media, paper medium, optical media, random access memory, ram, read-only memory, rom, write once read mostly memory, worm
V. tell, inform, inform of, acquaint, acquaint with, impart, impart to, make acquaintance with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken, transmit, let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known, publish, notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of, let one know, have one to know, give one to understand, give notice, set before, lay before, put before, point out, put into one's head, put one in possession of, instruct, direct the attention to, announce, annunciate, report, report progress, bringword, send word, leave word, write word, telegraph, telephone, wire, retail, render an account, give an account, state, let slip, blurt out, spill the beans, unburden oneself of, let off one's chest, disclose, show cause, explain, hint, given an inkling of, give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint, insinuate, allude to, make allusion to, glance at, tip the wink, suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe, whisper, whisper in the ear, give a bit of one's mind, tell one plainly, tell once for all, speak volumes, undeceive, unbeguile, set right, correct, open the eyes of, disabuse, disillusion one of, be informed of &c, know, learn, get scent of, get wind of, gather from, awaken to, open one's eyes to, become alive, become awake to, hear, overhear, understand, come to one's ears, come to one's knowledge, reach one's ears
Adj. informed, communique, reported, published, expressive, explicit, (clear) 518, plain spoken &c, (artless) 703, nuncupative, nuncupatory|, declaratory, expository, enunciative, communicative, communicatory
Adv. from information received
Phr. a little bird told me, i heard it through the grapevine
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And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.