wise up - cause someone to become aware of something

communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

instruct, teach, learn - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"

apprise, apprize, instruct - make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"

inoculate - introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"

acquaint - inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move"

warn - notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"

inform - act as an informer; "She had informed on her own parents for years"

fill in - supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments"

update - bring up to date; supply with recent information

misinform, mislead - give false or misleading information to

downplay, minimise, understate, minimize - represent as less significant or important

shit, tell on, snitch, stag, shop, denounce, give away, betray, grass, rat - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

undeceive - free from deception or illusion

warn - notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"

apprise, apprize, notify, send word, give notice, advise - give information or notice to; "I advised him that the rent was due"

familiarise, familiarize, acquaint - make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"

cue, remind, prompt - assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

volunteer - tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information"

acquaint, introduce, present - cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"

regret - be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"

point, indicate, show - indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"

indicate - to state or express briefly; "indicated his wishes in a letter"

suggest, indicate - suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

nark - inform or spy (for the police)

explain, explicate - make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"

recount, narrate, tell, recite - narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

narrate - provide commentary for a film, for example

report, describe, account - to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"

report - make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

report, cover - be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism; "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub reporter covered New York City"

announce, denote - make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly"

disabuse - free somebody (from an erroneous belief)

remonstrate, point out - present and urge reasons in opposition

bear witness, evidence, testify, prove, show - provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

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

evidence, tell - give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"