notify
/ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/ verb
Forms notifies notifying notified
- verb (transitive) To give (someone) notice (of some event). “The dispatcher immediately notified the volunteer fire department of the emergency call.”
- verb (obsolete, transitive) To make (something) known.
- verb (obsolete, transitive) To make note of (something).
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person.
- verb 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.
Etymology [F. notifier, L. notificare; notus known (p. p. of noscere to known) + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Know, and -fy.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “notify”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details