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no⋅ti⋅fy

  [noh-tuh-fahy]
Use Notify in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
2. Chiefly British. to make known; give information of: The sale was notified in the newspapers.
Origin:
1325–75; ME notifien < MF notifier < L nōtificāre, equiv. to (g)nōt(us) (ptp. of (g)nōscere to come to know; see know 1 ) + -ificāre -ify

Related forms:
no⋅ti⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
no⋅ti⋅fi⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. apprise, advise, tell.
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no·ti·fy   (nō'tə-fī')   
tr.v.   no·ti·fied, no·ti·fy·ing, no·ti·fies

  1. To give notice to; inform: notified the citizens of the curfew by posting signs.

  2. Chiefly British To give notice of; make known.


[Middle English notifien, from Old French notifier, from Latin nōtificāre : nōtus, known, past participle of nōscere, to get to know; see gnō- in Indo-European roots + -ficāre, -fy.]
no'ti·fi'er n.
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Word Origin & History

notify 
c.1374, from O.Fr. notifier "make known," from L. notus "known" (see notice) + root of facere "make, do" (see factitious).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: no·ti·fy
Pronunciation: 'nOt-&-"fI
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -fied; -fy·ing
: toreport the occurrence of (a communicable disease or an individual suffering from such disease) in a community to public-health or other authority <notify any cow which .t.t. appears to beaffected with tuberculosis —Control of Certain Diseases of Dairy Cows>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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