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▪ I. forewarn, v.|fɔəˈwɔːn|
[f. fore- prefix + warn v.]
1. trans. To warn, caution, or admonish beforehand; also, to give previous notice to. Const. of, to with inf., or that with obj. sentence.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 96 Þe bisshop þouht treson, for warned was Henry. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John xvi. 4, I thought mete to fore-warne you hereof. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iv. vii. 17 We were fore-warned of your comming, And shut the Gates. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 41 The..Arch-angel had forewarn'd Adam..to beware Apostasie. 1692Washington tr. Milton's Def. Pop. ii. (1851) 60 As Samuel forewarns the People that theirs would degenerate into..Tyranny. 1741Middleton Cicero II. vii. 101 That which I have told, and forewarned you of. 1836H. Coleridge North. Worthies (1852) I. 27 Their..member forewarns them of the difficulties likely to stand in their way.
absol.1651C. Cartwright Cert. Relig. i. 110 He fore⁓shews that many should come in his name..and forewarnes to beware of them. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 507 But in thir room, as they forewarne, Wolves shall succeed for teachers. 1860Merc. Marine Mag. VII. 360 The progress of a cyclone may be telegraphed, and might secure many a ship from danger by forewarning.
Prov. [1592,1768–74; see forearm v.] a1688Bunyan Heart's Ease 148 Forewarned, forearmed. 1855Kingsley Glaucus (1878) 31 To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
†2. To announce beforehand, prophesy. Obs.
1583Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 82 The Harpye Celaeno Forwarns much mischiefe too coom.
▪ II. forewarn
see forwarn Obs., to prohibit. |