Part 5830

<h1>Information</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In`for*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>informatio</ets> representation, cinception. See <er>Inform</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.</def>

<blockquote>The active <b>informations</b> of the intellect. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction.</def>

<blockquote>Larger opportunities of <b>information</b>. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He should get some <b>information</b> in the subject he intends to handle. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See <er>Indictment</er>.</def>

<h1>Informative</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In*form"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having power to inform, animate, or vivify.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Informatory</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In*form"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of, or conveying, information; instructive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>London Spectator.</i>

<h1>Informed</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In*formed"</hw> <tt>(?n-f?rmd\'b6)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<cs><col>Informed stars</col>. <cd>See under <er>Unformed</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Informer</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In*form"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Inform</er>,<ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who informs, animates, or inspires.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<blockquote>Nature, <b>informer</b> of the poet's art. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.</def>

<cs><col>Common informer</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution therefor.</cd> <i>Bouvier. Wharton.</i></cs>

<h1>Informidable</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In*for"mi*da*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>informidabilis</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Formidable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Foe not <i>informidable</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Informity</h1> <Xpage=761>