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warn
(w/O/rn )

verb (v)

  • notify of danger, potential harm, or risk(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The director warned him that he might be fired.
    The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking.
    source: wordnet30
  • admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior(verb.communication)
    Example:
    I warned him not to go too far.
    I warn you against false assumptions.
    She warned him to be quiet.
    source: wordnet30
  • ask to go away(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The old man warned the children off his property.
    source: wordnet30
  • notify, usually in advance(verb.communication)
    Example:
    I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions.
    source: wordnet30
  • To refuse.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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