Notifying

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  notifying \notifying\ n.
     The act or process of informing by words.
  
     Syn: telling, apprisal, notification.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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}.]
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     1. To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a
        fact to a person.
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              No law can bind till it be notified or promulged.
                                                    --Sowth.
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     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.
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              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.
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     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}.
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