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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; Middle English notifien < Middle French notifier < Latin nōtificāre, equivalent to (g)nōt(us) (past participle of (g)nōscere to come to know; see know1) + -ificāre -ify
1325–75; Middle English notifien < Middle French notifier < Latin nōtificāre, equivalent to (g)nōt(us) (past participle of (g)nōscere to come to know; see know1) + -ificāre -ify
Related forms
no·ti·fi·a·ble, adjective
no·ti·fi·er, noun
pre·no·ti·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
re·no·ti·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
un·no·ti·fied, adjective
Synonyms
1. apprise, advise, tell.
1. apprise, advise, tell.
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Word Origin & History
notify
late 14c., from O.Fr. notifier "make known," from L. notus "known" (see notice) + root of facere "make, do" (see factitious).
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