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单词 forewarn
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forewarnv.

Brit. /(ˌ)fɔːˈwɔːn/, U.S. /fɔrˈwɔrn/
Etymology: < fore- prefix + warn v.1
1. transitive. To warn, caution, or admonish beforehand; also, to give previous notice to. Const. of, to with infinitive, or that with object sentence.
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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.
absolute.1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 110 He fore~shews that many should come in his name..and forewarnes to beware of them.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 507 But in thir room, as they forewarne, Wolves shall succeed for teachers. View more context for this quotation1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 360 The progress of a cyclone may be telegraphed, and might secure many a ship from danger by forewarning.proverbial.1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching Ep. Ded. f. 4 v Forewarned, forearmed.1690 J. Birdwood Hearts-ease in Heart-trouble 154 Fore-warn'd, fore-arm'd.a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 326 Knowing that forewarned is forearmed.1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 28 To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
2. To announce beforehand, prophesy. Obsolete.
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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).
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