informed
(adjective) having much knowledge or education; “an informed public”; “informed opinion”; “the informed customer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
informed
simple past tense and past participle of inform
informed (comparative more informed, superlative most informed)
Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation.
informed (comparative more informed, superlative most informed)
(obsolete) Created, given form.
(obsolete) unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless
(astronomy, obsolete) Not included within the figures of any of the ancient constellations.
• foremind, friendom
Source: Wiktionary
In*formed" (n-frmd''), a.
Definition: Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. [Obs.] Spenser. Informed stars. See under Unformed.
In*form", a. Etym: [L. informis; pref. in- not + forma form, shape: cf. F. informe]
Definition: Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. Cotton.
In*form", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Informed; p. pr. & vb. n. Informing.] Etym: [OE. enformen, OF. enformer, F. informer. L. informare; pref. in- in + formare to form, share, fr. forma form. See Form.]
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. "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. Pope.
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. For he would learn their business secretly, And then inform his master hastily. Spenser. I am informed thoroughky of the cause. Shak.
3. 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.
In*form", v. t.
1. To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear. [Obs.] It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes. Shak.
2. To give intelligence or information; to tell. Shak. He might either teach in the same manner,or inform how he had been taught. Monthly Rev. To inform against, to communicate facts by way of accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to the magistrate, and informed against A.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 January 2025
(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
