Definitions for: Notify


[v] give information or notice to; "I advised him that the rent was due"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: advise, apprise, apprize, give notice, send word

See Also: inform

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