资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

notify
     v : give information or notice to; "I advised him that the rent
         was due" [syn: {advise}, {give notice}, {send word}, {apprise},
          {apprize}]
     [also: {notified}]

notified
     See {notify}