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notify

/ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/

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What does notify mean?

verb

  1. To give (someone) notice (of some event).
More meanings (2)

verb

  1. (obsolete) To make (something) known.
  2. (obsolete) To make note of (something).
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/

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I've filed a summons and complaint against you for assault and battery, and beg to notify you of the fact.'
S. H. (Samuel H.) HammondWild Northern Scenes; Or, Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the RodProject Gutenberg ebook #10009
I will appoint you, and send on the papers to the Secretary of War, who will notify you of the same.
Henry Ossian FlipperHenry Ossian Flipper, the Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A., First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military AcademyProject Gutenberg ebook #2448
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I whispered Clarence to go and wake the army, and notify it to wait in silence in the cave for further orders.
Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtProject Gutenberg ebook #86
She set the dish on, touched my guardian quietly on the arm with a finger to notify that dinner was ready, and vanished.
Charles DickensGreat ExpectationsProject Gutenberg ebook #1400
He took her advice, left two dutiful letters for his parents, to notify 'his disobedience, and went off last Friday night to France.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610