warn

1. v. t. To refuse. Source: opted

2. v. t. To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house. Source: opted

3. v. t. To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious. Source: opted

4. v. t. To ward off. Source: opted

5. v. notify of danger, potential harm, or risk Source: wordnet

6. v. advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior Source: wordnet

7. v. ask to go away Source: wordnet

8. v. notify, usually in advance Source: wordnet

9. To refuse. [Written also wern, worn.] [Obs.] Chaucer. 1. To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house. "Warned of the ensuing fight." Dryden. Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee. Acts x. 22. Who is it that hath warned us to the walls Shak. 2. To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious. "Juturna warns the Daunian chief of Lausus' danger, urging swift relief." Dryden. 3. To ward off. [Obs.] Spenser. Source: webster

10. To refuse. [Written also wern, worn.] [Obs.] Chaucer. Source: adambom

11. v:100 v. notify of danger, potential harm, or risk v. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior v. ask to go away v. notify, usually in advance Source: ecdict

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