'Notify' definitions:
Definition of 'notify'
From: WordNet
verb
Inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize]
Definition of 'Notify'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'notify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquaint,
- admonish,
- advertise,
- advertise of,
- advise,
- alert,
- announce,
- apprise,
- brief,
- bring word,
- caution,
- communicate,
- cry havoc,
- declare,
- disclose,
- enlighten,
- familiarize,
- forerun,
- give fair warning,
- give notice,
- give the facts,
- give warning,
- give word,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- hint,
- inform,
- instruct,
- intimate,
- issue an ultimatum,
- leave word,
- let know,
- mention to,
- preannounce,
- proclaim,
- publish,
- report,
- run before,
- send word,
- serve notice,
- sound the alarm,
- speak,
- tell,
- threaten,
- tip,
- tip off,
- utter a caveat,
- verse,
- warn,
- warn against