Forewarn

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           We were forewarned of your coming.       --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "forewarn":
     apprehend, bode, caution, croak, forebode, give advance notice,
     have a premonition, have a presentiment, look black, lower, menace,
     portend, preapprehend, precaution, premonish, prenotify, prewarn,
     tell in advance, threaten, warn