NOTIFY

advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize

(verb) inform (somebody) of something; “I advised him that the rent was due”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

notify (third-person singular simple present notifies, present participle notifying, simple past and past participle notified)

(transitive) To give (someone) notice (of some event). [mid-15c.]

(obsolete, transitive) To make (something) known. [late 14c.]

(obsolete, transitive) To make note of (something).

Usage notes

As illustrated by the two examples of use, the direct object of the verb can either be the party to which notice is given, or the event of which notice is given.

Synonyms

• apprise, inform; See also inform

Anagrams

• tonify

Source: Wiktionary

No"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Notified; p. pr. & vb. n. Notifying.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition