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  • 1notify — verb ADVERB ▪ forthwith (BrE), immediately, promptly ▪ in advance ▪ by email, via email ▪ by mail (esp. AmE) …

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  • 2police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… …

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  • 3notify — [[t]no͟ʊtɪfaɪ[/t]] notifies, notifying, notified VERB If you notify someone of something, you officially inform them about it. [FORMAL] [V n of/about n] The skipper notified the coastguard of the tragedy... [be V ed that] Earlier this year they… …

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  • 4The Skitzos — Infobox musical artist Name = The Skitzos Img capt = The Skitzos live in Okotoks, February 24 2007. Background = group or band Origin = flag|Calgary, Alberta, Canada Genre = Hard rock, Punk rock, Pop punk Years active = 2004 – 2008 Label =… …

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  • 5The Secret Agent — Infobox Book name = The Secret Agent title orig = translator = image caption = The Modern Library s 2004 reissue of Conrad s The Secret Agent . author = Joseph Conrad illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series …

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  • 6notify — notifiable, adj. notifier, n. /noh teuh fuy /, v.t., notified, notifying. 1. to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime. 2. Chiefly Brit. to make known; give information of: The sale was notified in the newspapers.… …

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  • 7notify — no•ti•fy [[t]ˈnoʊ təˌfaɪ[/t]] v. t. fied, fy•ing 1) to inform; give notice to: to notify the police of a crime[/ex] 2) brit. Chiefly Brit. to make known; give information of • Etymology: 1325–75; < MF notifier < L nōtificāre < (g)nōt(us) …

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  • 8The Boys from Brazil (film) — Infobox Film name = The Boys from Brazil caption = Promotional poster for The Boys From Brazil. imdb id = producer = Martin Richards Stanley O Toole director = Franklin J. Schaffner writer = Ira Levin (novel) Heywood Gould (screenplay) starring …

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  • 9The Probability Broach — is the first novel (1980) by science fiction writer L. Neil Smith. It is set in an alternate history, the so called Gallatin Universe, where a libertarian society has formed on the North American continent, styled the North American… …

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  • 10notify — v. 1) (BE) (B) to notify a crime to the police 2) (D; tr.) to notify about, of (we notified the police of the incident) 3) (BE) (H) we ll notify her to draw up a contract 4) (L; must have an object) she notified us that she would accept the… …

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