'Warn' definitions:
Definition of 'warn'
From: WordNet
verb
Notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"
verb
Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet" [syn: warn, discourage, admonish, monish]
verb
Ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"
verb
Notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"
Definition of 'Warn'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Warn'
From: GCIDE
- Warn \Warn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warned; p. pr. & vb. n. Warning.] [OE. warnen, warnien, AS. warnian, wearnian, to take heed, to warn; akin to AS. wearn denial, refusal, OS. warning, wernian, to refuse, OHG. warnen, G. warnen to warn, OFries. warna, werna, Icel. varna to refuse; and probably to E. wary. ????.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee. --Acts x. 22. [1913 Webster]
- Who is it that hath warned us to the walls? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To ward off. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'warn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admonish,
- advise,
- alarm,
- alert,
- apprehend,
- apprise,
- arouse,
- ask,
- ask for,
- be imminent,
- blackmail,
- bludgeon,
- bode,
- bulldoze,
- call for,
- caution,
- challenge,
- charge,
- claim,
- clamor for,
- comminate,
- counsel,
- croak,
- cry for,
- cry havoc,
- cry out against,
- cry wolf,
- daunt,
- demand,
- denounce,
- direct,
- dissuade,
- encourage,
- enjoin,
- exact,
- exhort,
- expostulate,
- extort,
- fly storm warnings,
- forebode,
- forewarn,
- frighten,
- frighten off,
- give fair warning,
- give notice,
- give warning,
- guide,
- have a premonition,
- have a presentiment,
- impose,
- incite,
- indent,
- induce,
- inform,
- intimidate,
- issue a caveat,
- issue an ultimatum,
- kid out of,
- levy,
- look black,
- look threatening,
- lower,
- make a demand,
- menace,
- move,
- notify,
- order,
- order up,
- persuade,
- place an order,
- portend,
- preach,
- preapprehend,
- prompt,
- put in requisition,
- remonstrate,
- require,
- requisition,
- screw,
- sound the alarm,
- sound the tocsin,
- startle,
- talk out of,
- tell,
- threaten,
- tip,
- tip off,
- unpersuade,
- urge,
- utter a caveat,
- utter threats against,
- warn against