(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone of something, you tell them about it.
They would ~ him of any progress they had made...
My daughter ~ed me that she was pregnant...
‘I just added a little soy sauce,’ he ~s us.
VERB: V n of n, V n that, V n with quote, also V n
2.
If someone ~s on a person, they give ~ation about the person to the police or another authority, which causes the person to be suspected or proved guilty of doing something bad.
Thousands of American citizens have ~ed on these organized crime syndicates.
VERB: V on n
3.
If a situation or activity is ~ed by an idea or a quality, that idea or quality is very noticeable in it. (FORMAL)
All great songs are ~ed by a certain sadness and tension...
The concept of the Rose continued to ~ the poet’s work.
VERB: be V-ed by n, V n