warn
v.
caution; give advice about danger; notify in advance
WARN
Warn
warn
Verb
1. notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"
(hypernym) inform
(hyponym) forewarn, previse
(verb-group) discourage, admonish, monish
(derivation) warner
2. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
(synonym) discourage, admonish, monish
(hypernym) advise, counsel
(derivation) admonition, monition, warning, word of advice
3. ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"
(hypernym) order, tell, enjoin, say
4. notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"
(hypernym) inform
(derivation) warner
warnen
v.
warn, caution, give advice about danger, give warning
Warn
(v. t.)
To ward off.
(v. t.)
To refuse.
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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