Prewarn

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To warn beforehand; to forewarn. transitive

    "The credited testimony of Borden shows that Adams on October 12 prewarned him about the discharge and told him that the ground for the discharge would be the misshading of materials ( i.e. selecting materials for manufacture into a batch of shirts which were not of matching shades)."

Synonyms

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forebodeforewarnportendprecaution

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"The credited testimony of Borden shows that Adams on October 12 prewarned him about the discharge and told him that the ground for the discharge would be the misshading of materials ( i.e. selecting materials for manufacture into a batch of shirts which were not of matching shades)."

Etymology

From pre- + warn.

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