īn-fōrmō āvī, ātus, āre, to shape, mould, fashion: clipeum, V.: His informatum manibus Fulmen erat, forged, V.

—Fig., to constitute, organize: animus a naturā bene informatus.

—To inform, instruct, educate: ad indicium filium, puts up to: ad humanitatem.

—In the mind, to conceive, form: in animis hominum informatae deorum notiones: quod ita sit informatum mentibus nostris, ut, etc., the preconception is such, etc.

—To represent, delineate, describe: in summo oratore fingendo.