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18 words match “NOTIFY”

NOTIFY v. 2 definitions
To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person. No law can bind till it be notified or promulged. Sowth.
UNNOTIFY v.
To retract or withdraw a notice of. Walpole.
ADMONISH v. 2 definitions
To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. "Admonish him as a brother." 2 Thess. iii. 15.
ADVERTISE v.
To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss. [Archaic] I will advertise thee what this people shall do. Num. xxiv. 14.
ADVERTISEMENT n.
The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic] An advertisement of danger. Bp. Burnet.
BEACON n.
A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar. Gay.
BECK v.
To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. [Archaic] When gold and silver becks me to come on. Shak.
BIDDING n.
Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. "Do thou thy master's bidding." Shak.
CITE v.
To notify of a proceeding in court. Abbot
CRY v.
To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc. Love is lost, and thus she cries him. Crashaw.
INFORM v.
municate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of. For he would learn their business secretly, And then inform his master hastily. Spenser. I am informed thoroughky of the cause. Shak.
JOG v.
To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as, to jog the memory.
NOTIFICATION n.
The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.
SIGNAL v.
To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. M. Arnold.
STRIKE v.
To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
SUMMON v.
To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. Shak. Trumpets summon him to war. Dryden.
TOLL v.
To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing. When hollow murmurs of their evening bells Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells. Dryden.
WARN v.
To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house. "Warned of the ensuing fight." Dryden. Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for…