Warned

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


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     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.
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              Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by
              an holy angel to send for thee.       --Acts x. 22.
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              Who is it that hath warned us to the walls? --Shak.
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     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.
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     3. To ward off. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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