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   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. .]
   
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   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.” “Warned of the ensuing fight.”  Dryden.
   
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   Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee. Acts x. 22.
   
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   Who is it that hath warned us to the walls? Shak.
   
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   2. To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.  “Juturna warns the Daunian chief of Lausus' danger, urging swift relief.”  Dryden.
   
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   3. To ward off.  [Obs.]  Spenser.
   
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