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notify, v.|ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ|
Forms: 4–7 notifie (4–5 -fye, 5 -ffie); 4–6 notefie (5–6 -fy); 5–6 notyfie (5 -fy); 6– notify.
[ad. F. notifier, † notefier (13–14th c.), = Sp. and Pg. notificar, It. notificare, ad. L. nōtificāre, f. nōtus known.]
†1. trans. To take note of, observe, notice. Obs.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 1591 Herde al this thynge Criseyde wel inough, And every word gan for to notifie. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 22 Saule ys my name, I wyll that ye notyfy. 1509Barclay Shyp Folys (1570) 132 So hangeth on his shoulders his pipe continually, Whereby men may his lewdenes notifye. 1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. ii. 85 She giues you to notifie, that her husband will be absence from his house, betweene ten and eleuen. 1678R. Russell tr. Geber iii. ii. i. i. 143 Therefore we will first notifie the Principles.
2. To make known, publish, proclaim; to intimate, give notice of, announce.
c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 158 And notefied is thurghout the toun, That every wight..Schulde preye Crist. 1390Gower Conf. I. 254 Which notefied was be bulle To holi cherche. 1433Rolls of Parlt. IV. 425/1 The whiche offre and agrement..[was] notified and communed to all the Lordes. 1490Caxton Eneydos viii. 34 [They] notefyden vnto the quene, how the sayd kyng had requyred her in maryage. 1542Henry VIII Decl. 192 We haue thought good to notify vnto the world his doinges and behauour. 1598Barret Theor. Warres iv. iii. 110 The ensignes and Lieutenants to giue and notifie the orders and commandes. 1641Nicholas P. (Camden) I. 5 To notify throughout their circuits his Majesties greate grace and goodnesse to his people [etc.]. 1691Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 205 A memorial to the states general, notifyeing to them that the queen of Englands fleet is ready to putt to sea. 1724A. Collins Gr. Chr. Relig. 10 The Assembly..order'd Letters to be written to notify the same to all concern'd. 1757Burke Abridgem. Eng. Hist. Wks. X. 316 His nobility, whom he had assembled to notify this resolution to them. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 457 The king therefore notified to the country his intention of holding a parliament. 1863H. Cox Instit. iii. viii. 714 note, The appointment..was merely notified to him by a letter from a Secretary of State.
refl.1718Freethinker No. 25 ⁋117 In paying a Visit, the Visiter was obliged to notify himself by a set Form.
absol.1604Shakes. Oth. iii. i. 31 If she will stirre hither, I shall seeme to notifie vnto her. 1889Leeds Mercury 15 Aug. 8/5 She was too ill to notify.
†b. intr. To give intimation of something. Obs.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xix. (Percy Soc.) 89 All that, madame, was to me certyfyde By good dame Fame,..Whan she to me of you well notyfide. a1548Hall Chron., K. Hen. VII 58 He sent dyuerse postes too notefie to hys grace of Kynge Philippes landynge.
†3. To indicate, denote. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋356 Yet notifien they, in hir array of attire, licourousness and pride. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 84 Notifiyng in myne opinion, a manne to be ferre unmeete for all good occupacions. 1627Speed England xl. §7 All distinguished and notified from the rest by the wearing of purple garments. a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) I. xxi. 82 Some persons in our work are notified by all of these indications. a1727Newton Chronol. Amended ii. (1728) 240 Their design was to notify the distraction of Egypt.
4. To give notice to; to inform.
Common in American use from the end of the 17th c.
1440in Wars Eng. in France (Rolls) II. 589 If any of thappointementis..be brokyn..and the king..certiffied and notiffiede therof. 1652Wadsworth tr. Sandoval's Civ. Wars Spain 169 The Frier..notified and commanded them..to go with them to Tordesillas. 1697Boston Rec. (1881) VII. 226 The Selectmen are to be notified thereof that they may be present. 1716J. Winthrop in Mass. Hist. Collect. V. 324, I am notify'd by the County Sheriff..to answer before you to a very wrong complaint. 1781S. Peters Hist. Connect. 352 All parties, who had causes depending in any court, were to be duly notified by the Governor's proclamation. 1843Custine Empire Czar I. 107 Peter notified him, through his first minister, that he was to attend the ceremony. 1883L. Oliphant Altiora Peto I. 66 The asphalt..resounded with the clatter of the hoofs which notified the concierge..that Baron Grandesella's family and luggage were on the point of arrival.
5. To write notes to; to annotate. rare—1.
1830Scott Jrnl. 27 Dec., I took up the Magnum, and began to notify the romance called Woodstock.
Hence ˈnotifying vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Notificacion, notifying. 1611Florio, Notificatione, a notifying, a publishing. 1680Baxter Answ. Stillingfl. xvi. 32 Are these notifying Terms for a Definition? |