inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"

trivialise, trivialize - make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"

wave off - dismiss as insignificant; "He waved off suggestions of impropriety"

soft-pedal - play down or obscure; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"

accent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, punctuate, emphasise - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"