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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
forewarn
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A police team, forewarned of the raid, had taken up positions inside the bank.
▪ Barry Hearn forewarned me that the meeting was going to be tough.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ She wanted him but couldn't have him and she must deal with that because he had forewarned her.
▪ The closure order came on a Sunday night, with no forewarning.
▪ There was no-one to explain that leprosy was a disease that gave no forewarning.
▪ Through astrology one could be forewarned of the exact time of his coming.
▪ Yet she had timed her appearance so exactly that it seemed as if she had been forewarned of the train's arrival.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forewarn

Forewarn \Fore*warn"\ (f[=o]r*w[add]rn"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forewarned (f[=o]r*w[add]rnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Forewarning.] To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance.

We were forewarned of your coming.
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
forewarn

early 14c., from fore- + warn. Related: Forewarned; forewarning.

Wiktionary
forewarn

vb. To warn in advance.

WordNet
forewarn

v. 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" [syn: previse]

Usage examples of "forewarn".

Christmas Eve Forewarned The Interlopers Quail Seed Canossa The Threat Excepting Mrs.

To shed their velocity, they would hyperjump to a point from which they could back down on their goal, decelerating at one-half gravity: more slowly than they left Sunniva, but giving more time and space for forewarning of danger.

I entertained Gerald Greening in the morning room, where he ate copiously of kippers followed by eggs and bacon, all furnished by Dawson, forewarned.

I can no longer have any doubt of it, my beloved, and I forewarn you that I have made up my mind to quit Rome alone, and to go away to die where it may please God, if you refuse to take care of me and save me.

I went downstairs for a moment to send away my coachman and to instruct him what he was to say to Zaira, whom I had forewarned that I was going to Cronstadt, and might not return till the next day.

These sensible remarks delighted me, for after reading them I felt forewarned.

The Toys of Peace Contents: The Toys of Peace Louise Tea The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh The Wolves of Cernogratz Louis The Guests The Penance The Phantom Luncheon A Bread and Butter Miss Bertie's Christmas Eve Forewarned The Interlopers Quail Seed Canossa The Threat Excepting Mrs.

On the other hand, foreseeing that Amisidoros, the Carian king, would attempt to exploit the beast as a new secret weapon to guard the long-disputed boundary, he was able to forewarn Iobates and establish himself in the Lycian court as a special defense-minister.

The young doctor forewarned me that the monk Corsini was a very worthless fellow, despised by everybody, and advised me to avoid him.

She, too, had some inner perception of that dread destiny by which it behoved Frank Gresham to be forewarned.

Forewarned, the crew overrode safeguards as the contents of Streaker’s central bay flew out behind her into the vacuum of open space.

Forewarned of the likelihood of disturbance, he had come down into the Forum with an armed escort, not to injure peaceable citizens, but to uphold the authority of the government by putting down the disturbers of public tranquillity.

He knew only that he no longer dreamed, and could no longer forewarn or guide his clan.

ONE Silently, undramatically, without any forewarning, as in any abrupt and unexpected power cut in a city, the lights aboard the San Andreas died in the hour before the dawn.

Besides which he knew that the domain was one which could not but afford plenty of divers sorts of game, and by forewarning the lady of his approach, he had allowed time for hunting.