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VERB (4)

1. notify of danger, potential harm, or risk;
- Example: "The director warned him that he might be fired"
- Example: "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"

2. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior;
- Example: "I warned him not to go too far"
- Example: "I warn you against false assumptions"
- Example: "She warned him to be quiet"
[syn: warn, discourage, admonish, monish]

3. ask to go away;
- Example: "The old man warned the children off his property"

4. notify, usually in advance;
- Example: "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Warn \Warn\ (w[add]rn), v. t. [OE. wernen, AS. weornan, wyrnan.
   Cf. Warn to admonish.]
   To refuse. [Written also wern, worn.] [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. ????.]
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   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.
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            Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by
            an holy angel to send for thee.       --Acts x. 22.
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            Who is it that hath warned us to the walls? --Shak.
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   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.
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   3. To ward off. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

warn
    v 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"
    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: warn,
       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"