v. 25B6; verb
she informed him that she was ill : TELL, notify, apprise, advise, impart to, communicate to, let someone know; brief, prime, enlighten, send word to; informal fill in, clue in/up.
he informed on two villains : DENOUNCE, give away, betray, incriminate, inculpate, report; sell out, stab in the back; informal rat, squeal, split, tell, blow the whistle, sell down the river, snitch, peach, stitch up; Brit. informal grass, shop, sneak; Scottish informal clype; N. Amer. informal rat out, finger; Austral./NZ informal dob.
the articles were informed by feminism : SUFFUSE, pervade, permeate, infuse, imbue; characterize, typify.