enformen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• enfoorme, enforme, enfourme, en-fourme, enfourmen, informe
• informyn (Promptorium Parvulum)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French enfourmer, enformer, from Latin īnfōrmō; equivalent to en- +‎ formen (“to create”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈfɔrmən/, /ɛnˈfuːrmən/, /ɛnˈfurmən/

Verb

enformen (third-person singular simple present enformeth, present participle enformende, enformynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle enformed)

1. To grant knowledge (to, about):
   1. To educate or teach (about); to provide a course of knowledge (to).
   2. To counsel; to provide advice for a situation.
   3. To inform or explain; to impart specific information.
2. To engender or develop a cognitive attribute or faculty.
3. (more generally) To form, develop, or arrange.

Conjugation

Conjugation of enformen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) enformen, enforme
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	enforme	enformed
2nd-person singular	enformest	enformedest
3rd-person singular	enformeth	enformed
subjunctive singular	enforme
imperative singular		—
plural1	enformen, enforme	enformeden, enformede
imperative plural	enformeth, enforme	—
participles	enformynge, enformende	enformed

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• enformacioun
• enformour

Descendants

• English: inform
• Middle Scots: enforme, informe, infourme
  • Scots: inform

References

• “enfǒurmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.