The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caution \Cau"tion\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cautioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Cautioning.] To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed.
You cautioned me against their charms.
--Swift.
Wiktionary
n. The act of giving a warning. vb. (present participle of caution English)
Usage examples of "cautioning".
Then his voice came through, cautioning: "Stand clear of the machinery, everyone.
Henry Balmer, who happened to be with Mullen, raised a cautioning hand.
He touched her on the hip with one finger, cautioning her to stiffness again.
Sean reached out and squeezed Claudia's arm, cautioning her not to move, ut the black girl was already so close that with a few more paces she would stumble over them.
He handed one to each of his companions, cautioning them to silence with a gesture.
Uncle Lance was with us and in the height of his glory, in one breath bragging on Enrique and Pasquale, and admonishing and cautioning Theodore and myself in the next.
But when you have as many gray hairs in your head as your mother has, you'll thank me for cautioning every one to proceed slowly in this match.
She remembered something about ‘accepting civilian volunteers into a military mission’ --not recommended, but it did happen--and more than one passage strongly cautioning Fleet officers from involving themselves in local politics.
Davo added firmly to Kurla, his hand on her forearm, cautioning obedience.
Yabu stopped as he caught his wife's look, cautioning him, and changed what he was going to say, "First and last, it means that Omi-san, your son, is loyal and an excellent vassal.
Yabu stopped as he caught his wife's look, cautioning him, and changed what he was going to say, "First and last, it means that Omi-san, your son, is loyal and an excellent vassal.
Cavely, at the end of her astute advices and cautionings, as usual, gave loose to her natural character--"Why that man came back to England at all, with his boastings of Gippsland, I can't for the life of me find out.
Malachi changed his cautionings to urge his little group to wait calmly, that there was no chance of getting out yet.
For in spite of Burlingham's explanations and cautionings she was still the small-town girl, unsuspicious toward courtesy from strange men.
Sometimes the heart's arrow found its way to certainty despite the cautionings of a careful nature.