inform

verb

• 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.