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ˈwareness Obs. exc. poet.
Forms: 1 wærnes, -nys, 4–5 warnesse, 4–6 warenes, 5 waarnes(s, 6 wareness(e, 5–6 warnes.
[OE. wærnes, f. wær ware a.: see -ness.]
Cautiousness, vigilance.
971Blickl. Hom. 213 Hæfde he miccle lufan & ealle wærnesse to ælcum men. 1357Lay Folks Catech. (L.) 1273 The v. vertu ys warnesse and sleyȝte. in god to know þe goode fro þe yuyl. c1449Pecock Repr. i. xvi. 92 He schal..take greet waarnes that he be not..bigilid. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 44 b, Discrete cautele or warenes, and diligence, with suche other. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 78, I..dare not wthout grete warnes geue it in to y⊇ body. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xxi. 125 Let euerie of vs..rowse vp all our wittis, and gather them about vs applying them earnestly to this care and warenesse which Moses speaketh of here. 1930Auden Poems 57 In his day-thinking and in his night-thinking Is wareness and is fear of other. |