Hypertext Webster Gateway: "warn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Warn \Warn\ (w[add]rn), v. t. [OE. wernen, AS. weornan, wyrnan.
Cf. {Warn} to admonish.]
To refuse. [Written also {wern}, {worn}.] [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
warn
v 1: notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director
warned him that he might be fired"; "you will get hungry
if you don't eat," he warned; "The doctor warned me
about the dangers of smoking"
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" [syn: {discourage},
{admonish}, {monish}]
3: ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his
property"
4: notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask
some difficult questions"
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