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Warn

verb

Notify of danger, potential harm, or risk. "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"

Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior. Synonyms: admonish, discourage, monish. "I warn you against false assumptions" , "She warned him to be quiet"

Ask to go away.

Notify, usually in advance.

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"Warn" Quotes from Famous Books

... adventurous one of lighthouse-building may seem an excursion into the heroi-comic, if not into the tragic-burlesque. Neither is it in the least my intention to dwell on a tolerably obvious metaphorical resemblance between the two. It is certainly the business of the critic to warn others off from the mistakes which have been committed by his forerunners, and perhaps (for let us anticipate the crushing wit) from his own. But that is not my reason for the suggestion. There is a story of I forget what lighthouse which Smeaton, or Stevenson, ...

— Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 • George Saintsbury

... fight to the last drop of my blood; but I warn you your friend is a thief. But go; I will ...

— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

... do since Uncle Phineas left me that money folks have called me foolish or crazy, and I always was reckoned sensible before, if I was homely. Abijah's folks warn me against lettin' John's folks have it, and John's folks against Abijah's, and they say that banks burst up and railroad stocks are risky, and I'll end by bein' on the town. I never heard anything about my bein' ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 • Various

... also, that some men should keep a supervision of the current literature of the day, as guardians, to warn others of danger. For this purpose, it is more suitable for editors, clergymen, and teachers to read indiscriminately, than for any other class of persons; for they are the guardians of the public weal in matters of literature, and should be prepared ...

— The American Woman's Home • Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe

... the office where I have to be constantly on my guard against my fellows. Nevertheless, merely to be able to CONFESS this to you renews my spiritual strength. We must not think of these things, Barbara, lest the thought of them break our courage. I write them down merely to warn you NOT to think of them, nor to torture yourself with bitter imaginings. Yet, my God, what is to become of us? Stay where you are until I can come to you; after which I shall not return hither, but simply disappear. ...

— Poor Folk • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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