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English Dictionary: warn	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warn v 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" 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" Synonym(s): warn, discourage, admonish, monish ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property" notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warn \Warn\ (w[add]rn), v. t. [OE. wernen, AS. weornan, wyrnan. Cf. {Warn} to admonish.] To refuse. [Written also {wern}, {worn}.] [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [?][?][?][?].] 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. [bd]Warned of the ensuing fight.[b8] --Dryden. Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee. --Acts x. 22. Who is it that hath warned us to the walls? --Shak. 2. To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious. [bd]Juturna warns the Daunian chief of Lausus' danger, urging swift relief.[b8] --Dryden. 3. To ward off. [Obs.] --Spenser.