Meaning

• To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).

• To communicate knowledge to.

• To impart information or knowledge.

• To act as an informer; denounce.

• To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).

  "His sense of religion informs everything he writes."

• To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.

• To direct, guide.

• To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.