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notifying |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] 1. 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. 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. 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: notifying n : informing by words [syn: {telling}, {apprisal}, {notification}]
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