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Warn

verb

Notify of danger, potential harm, or risk. "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"

Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior. Synonyms: admonish, discourage, monish. "I warn you against false assumptions" , "She warned him to be quiet"

Ask to go away.

Notify, usually in advance.

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"Warn" Quotes from Famous Books

... of showin' off—with a knife! P'r'aps it warn't open, though?" But it was, by M'riar's silence. "Anyways," Mo continued, "he won't come back so long as he thinks I'm here. To-morrow morning first thing I shall just drop round to the Station, and tip 'em a wink. Can't have this sort o' ...

— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan

... To warn the songster of his fleeting; But never mind, I leave behind Songs all the ...

— Echoes from the Sabine Farm • Roswell Martin Field and Eugene Field

... said, "I will bear much from you, because I once loved you, but more from the fact that you are my sister's husband and her father; but I warn you not even by a tone to cast reproach or slur upon your wife. She became such against my wishes and in spite of my protest. That lady has all the elements of greatness ...

— The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals • Ann S. Stephens

... pronounced fit to lie on the school-room table, on the drawing-room bookshelf, or beneath the pillow of the most gently nurtured of our daughters. "This," the reviewer went on, "is high praise, especially in these days when we are deafened by the loud-voiced clamor of self-styled 'artists.' We would warn the young men who prate so persistently of style and literature, construction and prose harmonies, that we believe the English reading public will have none of them. Harmless amusement, a gentle flow of domestic interest, a faithful reproduction of the open and manly life of the hunting field, ...

— The Hill of Dreams • Arthur Machen

... he thought it best to warn the darkies who were advancing in time, for, otherwise, they threatened to walk directly over him in the pitch darkness. When, however, he flashed his light suddenly toward them, he must have given them the ...

— The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey • Donald Ferguson

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