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beware(dictionary)

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beware verb. Orig. & now again only in imper. & inf. ME.
[Imper. & inf. be ware treated as one word: cf. BEGONE verb1.]
verb intrans. & trans. Be cautious; take heed (of or of a danger etc.; lest, how, that..not). ME.
Shakespeare Macbeth Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff. Milton I had bewar'd if I had foreseen. W. Morris Beware lest..Thou tell'st the story of thy love unseen. H. Allen Someone who..he felt was an enemy; a being to beware of.
verb intrans. & trans. Take care (of or of, that, to do); take notice of. LME-M19.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI Priest, beware your beard; I mean to tug it. Bible (AV): Exodus 23:21 Behold, I send an Angel before thee...Beware of him, and obey his voice. R. W. Emerson We beware to ask only for high things.
verb intrans. Take warning by. E16-E17.
W. Camden It is good to beware by other mens harmes.
verb trans. Make cautious. L16-E18.
Dryden Once warn'd is well bewar'd.