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 give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.
A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said. Alan Greenspan
When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens. Desmond Tutu
I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old. Neil Kinnock
I warn you against believing that advertising is a science. William Bernbach
warn in Afrikaans is waarsku
warn in Danish is advare
warn in Dutch is waarschuwen
warn in Finnish is varoittaa
warn in French is avertir, avertissons, avertis, avertissez
warn in German is warnen
warn in Italian is dissuadere
warn in Latin is praecipio, precipio
warn in Portuguese is advirta
warn in Spanish is apremiar, desaconsejar
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