(a) To give notice of some existing circumstance or a past or coincident event, make something known
(b) to inform (sb., sb. of sth.), notify, advise;
(c) to announce (sth. to sb.), proclaim,……
(a) An act of deceit, a deception, trick; an underhanded scheme, a subterfuge; a plot, machination; also, a clever maneuver, tactic, cunning strategy; also person. [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; wile and……