† forwarnforewarnv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To prohibit, forbid. With double object, or object of the person and to with infinitive or from.
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society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)]
forwarnc893
warnc893
forbidOE
forhightc1315
defendc1325
forfend1382
dischargec1450
prohibit?a1475
bidc1475
withsay1484
fenda1500
abara1504
prohibit1526
debara1529
forbodec1540
exempt1553
forspeak1565
disbar1567
forsay1579
enjoin1589
abjudicate1602
countermanda1616
forjudge1675
restrict1766
oppose1814
fen1823
embargo1824
nix1903
ixnay1937
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. iv. (Sweet) 76 Him þær se giunga cyning þæs oferfæreldes forwiernan mehte.
OE Beowulf 429 Þæt ðu me ne forwyrne..þæt ic mote ana..Heorot fælsian.
a1175 Cott. Hom. 221 Hwi wolde god swa litles þinges him for~werne.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1746 Nule heo me do na wurse þanne hire lond forwurnen [c1300 Otho werne].
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2809 Þus damesels for-werneþ al þat me greueþ werst.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxvii. 163 He forewarneth vs here to make any vndergods or meane gods.
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 67 He prohibited and forewarned them the companie of strangers.
1690 T. Shadewell Amorous Bigotte iii This wicked Duenna..has forwarn'd her the house.
1708 S. Sewall Diary 8 Sept. (1973) I. 603 I meet the Workman by Mr. Pemberton's Gate, and forewarn him from making of it.
1823 C. Lamb Christ's Hosp. in Elia 45 He did not know that the thing had been forewarned.
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