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† forˈwarn, foreˈwarn, v. Obs.
[OE. forwiernan, f. for- prefix1 + wiernan to forbid: see warn v.2]
trans. To prohibit, forbid. With double obj., or obj. of the person and to with inf. or from.
Beowulf (Gr.) 429 Þæt þu me ne forwyrne..þæt ic mote [etc.]. c893K. ælfred Oros. ii. iv. (Sweet) 76 Him þær se ᵹiunga cyning þæs oferfæreldes forwiernan mehte. a1175Cott. Hom. 221 Hwi wolde god swa litles þinges him for⁓werne. c1205Lay. 3497 Nule heo me do na wurse Þanne hire lond forwurnen. c1380Sir Ferumb. 2809 Þus damesels for-werneþ al, þat me greueþ werst. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xxvii. 163 He forewarneth vs here to make any vndergods or meane gods. 1606Holland Sueton. 67 He prohibited and forewarned them the companie of strangers. 1690Shadwell Am. Bigot iii, This wicked Duenna..has forwarn'd her the house. 1708S. Sewall Diary 8 Sept. (1879) II. 236, I meet the Workman by Mr. Pemberton's Gate, and forewarn him from making of it. 1820Lamb Elia Ser. i. Christ's Hosp. 35 years ago, He did not know that the thing had been forewarned. |