caution; give advice about danger; notify in advance
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Warn Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Warn Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To ward off.
To ward off.
(v. t.)
To refuse.
To refuse.
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. t.)
To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.
warn
\warn\ (w&add;rn), v. t. [oe. wernen, as. weornan, wyrnan. cf. warn to admonish.] to refuse. [written also wern, worn.] [obs.]
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." cornelius the centurion was warned from god by an holy angel to send for thee. x. 22. who is it that hath warned us to the walls?
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."
3. to ward off. [obs.]
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"
Verb
1. notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"
(hypernym) inform
(hyponym) forewarn, previse
(verb-group) discourage, admonish, monish
(derivation) warner
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"
(synonym) discourage, admonish, monish
(hypernym) advise, counsel
(derivation) admonition, monition, warning, word of advice
3. ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"
(hypernym) order, tell, enjoin, say
4. notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"
(hypernym) inform
(derivation) warner
Warn Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Warn Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Warn or WARN may refer to:
- WARN (FM), a radio station (91.5 FM) licensed to Culpeper, Virginia, United States
- An acronym for the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, a U.S. legislation
- Western Animal Rights Network, a coalition for animal rights groups in the West of England and South Wales
- Women of All Red Nations, a Native American women's organization founded in 1974
- Warning, Alert and Response Network Act, a U.S. legislation
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Warn Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Warn Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
The right hand taps the back of the left several times.
