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Webster 1913 Edition
Informer
1.
One who informs, animates, or inspires.
[Obs.]
Thomson.
Nature,
informer
of the poet’s art. Pope.
2.
One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
3.
(Law)
One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.
Common informer
(Law)
, one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution therefor.
Bouvier.
Wharton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Informer
INFORM'ER
,Noun.
1.
One who communicates, or whose duty it is to communicate to a magistrate a knowledge of the violations of law, and bring the offenders to trial.Definition 2024
informer
informer
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Alternative forms
Noun
informer (plural informers)
- One who informs someone else about something.
- A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
- One who informs, animates, or inspires.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Thomson to this entry?)
- Alexander Pope
- Nature, informer of the poet's art.
Synonyms
- informant
- See also Wikisaurus:informant
Translations
one who informs
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person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity
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See also
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/
Verb
informer
- to inform
- Il m'a informé de la situation présente.
- He informed me of the present situation.
- Il m'a informé de la situation présente.
- to enlighten
- to impart knowledge (upon)
Conjugation
Conjugation of informer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | informer | avoir informé | |||||
| gerund | en informant | en ayant informé | |||||
| present participle | informant /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | informé /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | informe /ɛ̃.fɔʁm/ |
informes /ɛ̃.fɔʁm/ |
informe /ɛ̃.fɔʁm/ |
informons /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/ |
informez /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/ |
informent /ɛ̃.fɔʁm/ |
| imperfect | informais /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/ |
informais /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/ |
informait /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/ |
informions /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
informiez /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mje/ |
informaient /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | informai /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/ |
informas /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma/ |
informa /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma/ |
informâmes /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mam/ |
informâtes /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mat/ |
informèrent /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | informerai /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
informeras /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
informera /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
informerons /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ |
informerez /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
informeront /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | informerais /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
informerais /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
informerait /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
informerions /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
informeriez /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁje/ |
informeraient /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | informe /ɛ̃.fɔʁm/ |
informes /ɛ̃.fɔʁm/ |
informe /ɛ̃.fɔʁm/ |
informions /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
informiez /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mje/ |
informent /ɛ̃.fɔʁm/ |
| imperfect1 |
informasse /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mas/ |
informasses /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mas/ |
informât /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma/ |
informassions /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
informassiez /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sje/ |
informassent /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | informe /ɛ̃.fɔʁm/ |
— | informons /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/ |
informez /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/ |
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