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Warn
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:; To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc. transitive
"We waved a flag to warn the oncoming traffic about the accident."
- 2 notify, usually in advance wordnet
- 3 To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:; To notify or inform (someone, about something). transitive
"I warned him he'd be getting a huge box of birthday presents from me."
- 4 ask to go away wordnet
- 5 To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:; To summon (someone) to or inform of a formal meeting or duty. transitive
"The sheriff warned her to appear in court."
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- 6 notify of danger, potential harm, or risk wordnet
- 7 To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:; To make a sound (e.g. clicking or whirring) indicating that it is about to strike or chime (an hour). ambitransitive, obsolete, possibly, transitive
"Hark! the clock is warning ten;"
- 8 advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior wordnet
- 9 To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour. transitive
"He was warned against crossing the railway tracks at night."
- 10 To advise or order to go or stay away.
"A sign warns trespassers off/away from the site."
- 11 To give warning. intransitive
"then Iames Cephas and Iohn [...] agreed with vs that we shuld preache amonge the Hethen and they amonge the Iewes: warnynge only that we shulde remember the poore."
Etymology
From Middle English warnen, warnien (“to warn; admonish”), from Old English warnian (“to take heed; warn”), from Proto-Germanic *warnōną (“to warn; take heed”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to be aware; give heed”). Cognate with Dutch waarnen (obsolete), German Low German warnen, German warnen, Swedish varna, Icelandic varna.
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