Hypertext Webster Gateway: "notify"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Notify \No"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Notified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Notifying}.] [F. notifier, L. notificare; notus known (p.
p. of noscere to known) + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See
{Know}, and {-fy}.]
1. To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a
fact to a person.

No law can bind till it be notified or promulged.
--Sowth.

2. To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as,
the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the
city hall; the bell notifies us of the time of meeting.

The President of the United States has notified the
House of Representatives that he has approved and
signed the act. --Journal of
the Senate, U.
S.

Note: This application of notify has been condemned; but it
is in constant good use in the United States, and in
perfect accordance with the use of certify.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

notify
v : give information or notice to; "I advised him that the rent
was due" [syn: {advise}, {give notice}, {send word}, {apprise},
{apprize}]


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