单词 | forewarn |
释义 | forewarnv. 1. transitive. To warn, caution, or admonish beforehand; also, to give previous notice to. Const. of, to with infinitive, or that with object sentence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warn (a person) of imminent danger or evil [verb (transitive)] warnc1000 forewarnc1330 monisha1382 premonisha1530 awarn1590 preadmonish1632 prewarna1637 preadvise1651 alarm1663 advertise1825 to give (or get) the (also a) wire1897 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 96 Þe bisshop þouht treson, for warned was Henry. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John xvi. f. 4 I thought mete to fore-warne you hereof. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. viii. 17 We were fore-warned [1595 and 1600 had notice] of your comming, And shut the Gates. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 41 The..Arch-angel, had forewarn'd Adam..to beware Apostasie. View more context for this quotation 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. ii. 42 A Kingly Government is an evil thing; not in it self, but because it..commonly does, as Samuel forewarns the people that theirs would, degenerate into..Tyranny. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. vii. 101 That which I have told, and forewarned you of. 1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 19 Their..member forewarns them of the difficulties likely to stand in their way. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)] fore-sayc900 bodeOE before-sayOE before-tella1382 foretella1400 prognostica1400 tella1400 prenosticate?a1475 prenostic1477 prognosticatec1487 forespeak1489 prognostify1495 foreshow1561 prenunce1563 presage1569 boden1573 forewarn1582 predict1590 forehalsen1594 foresignify1597 prognosticon1602 predivine1607 forespell1611 predicate1623 prenuntiate1623 preadmonish1644 forebode1664 prediction1665 prenotea1711 bespeak1721 pre-announce1793 prophesize1848 to call for ——1895 pick1909 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > prophesy [verb (transitive)] prophesy1372 betoken1382 prophetize?a1400 spaea1400 tella1400 writec1405 ossc1450 destiny?1549 fore-prophesy1581 forewarn1582 vaticinate1652 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 55 The Harpye Celæno (Forwarns much mischiefe too coom). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : † forwarnforewarnv. < v.c1330 see also |
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