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Definition of Forewarn
1. Verb. Warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning. "I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife's house"
Definition of Forewarn
1. v. t. To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance.
Definition of Forewarn
1. Verb. To warn in advance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forewarn
1. to warn in advance [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forewarn
Literary usage of Forewarn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"... I wrote, " A general epistle " to friends, to forewarn them of the approaching
storm ; that they might " all retire to the Lord, in whom safety is," as ..."
2. English Poetry (1170-1892) by John Matthews Manley, Manly, John Matthews, 1865-1940 (1907)
"Ev'n absent, she the reins of pow'r doth hold, While with quaint arts the giddy
crowd she sways; 151 forewarn'd, if little bird their pranks behold, ..."
3. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, & Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans, Edith R. Hall (1843)
"... and it was printed in the year 1660, in one sheet of paper, under the title
of " An alarm to the Priests ; or a message from Heaven to forewarn them, ..."
4. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Fox, Thomas Ellwood (1832)
"... "A general epistle " to friends, to forewarn them of the approaching storm;
that they might " all retire to the Lord, in whom safety is," as followeth: ..."
5. A Phraseological Dictionary of Commercial Correspondence in the English by Charles Scholl (1884)
"I would forewarn FORFEIT, TO. 1 He will never forfeit his word of honor.
2To forfeit a pledge. you against it. 3 The estate is forfeited to the government. ..."
6. The Parable of the Ten Virgins, Opened and Applied: Being the Substance of by Thomas Shepard (1797)
"... I only forewarn ; I hope the Lord has prepared Letter days and mercies tor
us: I am lure He will, if what means we have we ..."
7. The History of England by Nicholas Tindal (1760)
"intrap her, that it was rather intended to forewarn and ter- rify Ver from
attempting any thing ... forewarn ..."
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