Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To warn in advance.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To warn, admonish, or advise beforehand; give previous notice to.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To warn in advance.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning

Etymologies

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From Middle English *forewarnien, from Old English forewarnian ("to take warning beforehand; forewarn"), equivalent to fore- +‎ warn. Cognate with German vorwarnen ("to warn, forewarn"), Swedish förvarna ("to forewarn").

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  • I arrived randomly at this page without prior notification.

    October 3, 2008