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caution (iou)



caution noun & verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin cautio(n-), from caut- pa. ppl stem of cavere take heed: see -ION.]
A. noun.
Security given, bail; a guarantee. Now chiefly Scot. & US. ME.
b. A person who stands surety, a guarantor. L16.
A proviso. L16-L17.
Milton What meant that caution joind, if ye be found Obedient?
A word of warning; a fact etc. that acts as a warning; an official reprimand and warning regarding a person's future conduct. L16.
Shakespeare Macbeth Whate'er thou art, for thy good caution, thanks. R. Graves The accused was at once dismissed with a caution.
A precaution, a taking of heed. E17-E19.
Prudence, taking care; attention to safety, avoidance of rashness. M17.
sound a note of caution: see NOTE noun2.
H. H. Milman Godfrey..had learned caution by his eventful life; it had degenerated into craft. Sloan Wilson He had almost gone charging..to berate her, but an innate caution had stopped him. A. MacLean With infinite caution, a fraction of an inch at a time.
A surprising or amusing person or thing. colloq. (orig. US). M19.
D. H. Lawrence Oh, he's a caution, that ladbut not bad, you know.
Comb.: caution-money money deposited as security for good conduct.
b. verb trans. & (rare) intrans. Warn (against; to do, not to do), advise; warn and reprove, esp. officially. E17.
cautioner noun (Scots Law) a person who stands surety for another E16.