In‐form″, v. t. 1. To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
It is the bloody business which informs
Thus to mine eyes. Shak.
2. To give intelligence or information; to tell. Shak.
He might either teach in the same manner, or inform how he had been taught. Monthly Rev.
To inform against, to communicate facts by way of accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to the magistrate, and informed against A.