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warned |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Warn \Warn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warned}; p. pr & vb n. {Warning}.] [OE. warnen, warnien AS warnian, wearnian to take heed, to warn; akin to AS wearn denial, refusal, OS warning, wernian to refuse, OHG. warnen, G. warnen to warn, OFries warna, werna, Icel. varna to refuse; and probably to E. wary. ????.] 1. To make ware or aware; to give previous information to to give notice to to notify; to admonish; hence to notify or summon by authority; as to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house. ``Warned of the ensuing fight.'' --Dryden. Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee. --Acts x. 22. Who is it that hath warned us to the walls? --Shak. 2. To give notice to of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious. ``Juturna warns the Daunian chief of Lausus' danger, urging swift relief.'' --Dryden. 3. To ward off [Obs.] --Spenser.
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