(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone ~s you of a fact or event that you already know about, they say something which makes you think about it.
So she simply welcomed him and ~ed him of the last time they had met...
I had to ~ myself that being confident is not the same as being perfect!
VERB: V n of n, V n that
2.
You use ~ in expressions such as Let me ~ you that and May I ~ you that to introduce a piece of information that you want to emphasize. It may be something that the hearer already knows about or a new piece of information. Sometimes these expressions can sound unfriendly. (SPOKEN)
‘Let me ~ you,’ said Marianne, ‘that Manchester is also my home town.’...
Need I ~ you who the enemy is?
VERB: V n that, V n wh emphasis
3.
If someone ~s you to do a particular thing, they say something which makes you remember to do it.
Can you ~ me to buy a bottle of Martini?...
The note was to ~ him about something he had to explain to one of his students.
VERB: V n to-inf, V n about n
4.
If you say that someone or something ~s you of another person or thing, you mean that they are similar to the other person or thing and that they make you think about them.
She ~s me of the wife of the pilot who used to work for you...
VERB: V n of n