Found 2 items, similar to Beware.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: beware
beware
v : be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to;
“Beware of telephone salesmen” [syn:
mind]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Beware
Beware
\Be*ware"\ (b[-e]*w[^a]r"), v. t.
To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [Obs.]
“Priest, beware your beard.” --Shak.
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To wish them beware the son. --Milton.
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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.
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Beware of all, but most beware of man ! --Pope.
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Beware the awful avalanche. --Longfellow.
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2. To have a special regard; to heed. [Obs.]
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Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . Beware of
him, and obey his voice. --Ex. xxiii.
20, 21.
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Note: This word is a compound from be and the Old English
ware, now wary, which is an adjective.
“Be ye war of
false prophetis.” --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.
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