Definitions for: Warn

[v] notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"
[v] ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"
[v] 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"
[v] 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: Warn (w[add]rn), v. t. [OE. wernen, AS. weornan, wyrnan.
Cf. Warn to admonish.]
To refuse. [Written also wern, worn.] [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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.

See Also: advise, alarm, alert, caution, counsel, enjoin, forewarn, inform, order, previse, say, tell, threaten

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