(verb) : in-formo, āvi, ātum, 1
* To give form to a thing, to shape, form, mould, fashion.
* Lit. (mostly poet.): clipeum,Verg. A. 8, 447: aream,Col. 11, 3, 13: effigiem,Sil. 17, 525: Martem cerā, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 9, 7: taedas,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 331.
* Trop. (class.).
* To form an idea of a thing, to represent, sketch, delineate: di ita ignoti, ut eos ne conjectura quidem informare possimus,Cic. N. D. 1, 15: inanium visorum una depulsio est, sive illa cogitatione informantur, sive in quiete,id. Ac. 2, 16, 51: virtutem,id. Fin. 4, 16, 45: atque ego in summo oratore fingendo talem informabo,will describe,id. Or. 2, 7: ad eum (oratorem) incohandum et informandum,id. ib. 9, 33: informat adhuc adumbratum indicium filii,id. Sull. 18, 52.
* To inform,instruct,educate (syn.: instruere, instituere): artes quibus aetas puerilis ad humanitatem informari solet,Cic. Arch. 3, 4: animus a natura bene informatus,formed,id. Off. 1, 4, 13.

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