| 单词 | informing | 
| 释义 | informingn.  As a count noun: a piece of information imparted; an instruction, a teaching (now rare). As a mass noun: the action or practice of informing; the imparting of information; instructing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > 			[noun]		 informinga1382 traditionc1384 informationa1393 kithinga1400 instruction?a1439 impartment1604 informance1604 re-representation1679 didactic1754 briefing1910 imparting1952 trickle-down1962 a1382    Bible 		(Wycliffite, E.V.)	 		(Douce 369(1))	 		(1850)	 Wisd. xix. 15  				Who..resceyueden them, that hadden vsid the same enformyngus. a1425    J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. 		(1871)	 II. 209  				Summe doon folily, for defaute of enformynge. ?1504    S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. cc.vii  				Ye neuer can haue none intellygence But by the meane of myn informynge. 1579    G. Gilpin tr.  P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church  ii. x. f.168  				Lamenting sore before the Bishops, That through informing of the Pope & their prouokings he had made him and his accursed. 1633    P. Fletcher Purple Island  vi. xlv. 76  				Which back to him with mutuall dutie bears All their informings. 1682    A. Behn Roundheads Ep. Ded. sig. A2  				Their Rebellion..should be Represented for the better undeceiving and informing of the World. 1769    W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xiii. 172  				Sharpers; who..if unsuccessful, have it in their power to be still greater gainers by informing. 1865    N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 436  				The supposition that..the research of science is no longer for the enlargement of our experience or for the informing of the mind. 1921    Times 17 May 4/6  				It [sc. the Press] has become a more direct, active and powerful force in..the informing of public opinion. 1960    H. Hawkins Pioneer iii. xvi. 312  				The informing of Albert Cook in May, 1881, that he would not be re-employed lent an insecurity to the work of all junior faculty members. 1992    Guardian 		(Nexis)	 31 Mar. 21  				The grinding diurnal arrest and imprisonment of ordinary gay men, usually prompted by anonymous informings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). informingadj. 1.  That imparts form (form n. 4a) to; that imbues with some pervading quality, esp. life or spirit; animating, inspiring; influencing. Cf. inform v. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > 			[adjective]		 life-giving1550 vivific1551 vivificative1575 vivificant1576 vital1590 informing1631 vivifical1632 vivifying1635 informative1642 animantative1655 enlivening1664 vivificatinga1688 animative1706 vitalizing1813 blood-giving1840 c1443    R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun 		(1927)	 265 (MED)  				Oure next goostly good..whiche is habundaunce of enformyng and stiring gracis. 1631    ‘A. B.’ tr.  L. Lessius Rawleigh his Ghost 52  				From this supreme Intelligence, or Spirit (as being the first inuenting and informing cause) the beauty, proportion, and perfection of all things doth take its emanation. 1659    J. Pearson Expos. Creed 		(1839)	 229  				The ancient heretics, who taught that Christ assumed human flesh, but that the Word or his Divinity was unto that body in the place of an informing soul. 1703    N. Rowe Fair Penitent  iv. i. 1532  				Love was th' informing, active Fire within. 1769    H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 89  				When you feel or see any Instance of Benevolence, you feel and see the informing Influence of your God. 1852    Amer. Whig Rev. June 563/1  				Even external grace will not go without a soul, an informing spirit. 1874    J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece 		(1898)	 I. i. 5  				Pantheists..convinced of the omnipresence of the informing mind. 1875    B. Jowett in  tr.  Plato Dialogues 		(ed. 2)	 III. 166  				The informing energy of the human will. 1926    P. M. Shand Bk. Wine v. 64  				Like all fine wines, Jurançon owes its quality to one supreme and informing vine. 1933    M. K. Gandhi in  Harijan 15 Dec. 3/1  				The forms are many, but the informing spirit is one. 2001    Spectator 		(Nexis)	 17 Mar. 47  				Her syllabus was both a precious link with a glorious dance tradition and one of the vital informing factors of what became known as the English style.  2.  That gives or conveys information; instructive, informative; imparting the knowledge of facts.In early use frequently with pejorative connotations of informing against a person; cf. inform v. 4b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > 			[adjective]		 informatory?a1475 copiousa1500 informing1581 intelligentiary1590 intelligencing1595 informative1646 intelligential1820 informational1821 instructional1832 telling1834 factful1842 facty1871 FYI1973 1581    J. Fielde Caueat for Parsons Howlet sig. Giiijv  				The preachers disobediently stepte vp in the pulpit, and vttered such sedicious proposicions, as he and his informing scribe haue patched together. 1607    T. Middleton Phoenix sig. I4  				Can a man doe nothing i'the Countrey but tis told at Court? there's some busie informing knaue abroad, a my life. 1647    Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in  Tracts 		(1727)	 506  				The busy, mischievous, informing slanderer. 1691    R. Baxter Reply to Mr. Beverley's Answer 5  				Is this Elucidation, or an informing way of an Instructor? a1718    W. Penn Tracts in  Wks. 		(1726)	 I. 718  				A seasonable and informing Lecture for our own Times. 1799    M. Berry Let. 12 Jan. 		(1865)	 II. 83  				Somerville's ‘Anne’..is..clear, distinct, impartial, and wonderfully informing. 1887    Spectator 5 Mar. 319/1  				Hallam is great not as a literary writer, but as an informing writer. 1928    C. Morley Ess. 357  				He includes a long and most informing article on cider. 1962    French Rev. 35 439  				The chapters on folk lore and mass culture are likely to prove the most informing for many readers. 2006    Illawarra 		(Austral.)	 Mercury 		(Nexis)	 5 Apr. 12  				Not only are they creating entertaining and informing programs, they are also developing interpersonal skills. Derivatives  inˈformingly adv. in an informative manner, instructively. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > 			[adverb]		 informingly1677 informatively1822 informationally1927 1677    R. Baxter Naked Popery ii. 30  				You deal not informingly, in your describing a Puritan. 1726    Glanvill's Sadducismus 		(ed. 4)	  i. 148  				You stick not to declare, that the Greek Fathers, in dividing Fire into Intellective, Sensitive, and Vegetative, speak tolerably and informingly. 1897    Chicago Advance 21 Oct. 539/1  				[He] spoke both inspiringly and informingly of the rise and growth of municipal functions. 1952    Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 46 257/1  				Analysis of the present parliament then proceeds incisively and informingly under dozens of important sub-heads. 2003    Rec. 		(Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.)	 		(Nexis)	 11 Dec.  e3  				Her second book..is at once informingly historical, moving, and deeply endearing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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