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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Beware \Be*ware"\ (b[esl]*w[acir]r"), v. t. To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [Obs.] [bd]Priest, beware your beard.[b8] --Shak. To wish them beware the son. --Milton. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Beware \Be*ware"\, v. i. [Be, imperative of verb to be + ware. See {Ware}, {Wary}.] 1. To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided. Beware of all, but most beware of man ! --Pope. Beware the awful avalanche. --Longfellow. 2. To have a special regard; to heed. [Obs.] Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . Beware of him, and obey his voice. --Ex. xxiii. 20, 21. Note: This word is a compound from be and the Old English ware, now wary, which is an adjective. [bd]Be ye war of false prophetis.[b8] --Wyclif, Matt. vii. 15. It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes, and with such auxiliaries (shall, should, must, etc.) as go with the infinitive. | |
