notifying

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.] [1913 Webster]

1.To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person. [1913 Webster]

No law can bind till it be notified or promulged.— Sowth.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


notifying \notifying\ n. The act or process of informing by words.

Syn: telling, apprisal, notification. [WordNet 1.5]

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