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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Warn \Warn\, verb (used with an object) [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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