"forewarn" meaning in English

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        "t": "to take warning beforehand; forewarn"
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      "expansion": "German vorwarnen (“to forewarn”)",
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        "2": "förvarna",
        "t": "to forewarn"
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      "expansion": "Swedish förvarna (“to forewarn”)",
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  "etymology_text": "Early 14th century, from Middle English *forewarnen (suggested by Middle English forewarned, forewarning, forewarner, etc.), from Old English forewarnian (“to take warning beforehand; forewarn”), from Proto-Germanic *furawarnōną (“to forewarn”), equivalent to fore- + warn. Cognate with German vorwarnen (“to forewarn”), Swedish förvarna (“to forewarn”).",
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        "singular",
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          "word": "forewarned is forearmed"
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          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad, →OL",
          "text": "I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape.[…]",
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        "To warn in advance."
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          "warn",
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          "in advance",
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          "word": "fore-"
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        {
          "word": "foresight"
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        {
          "word": "foretell"
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          "word": "forethought"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predupreždavam",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "предупреждавам"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "waarschuwen"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "op de hoogte stellen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "précautionner"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "vorwarnen"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "premonire"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "praemoneō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "praeclamo"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "whakatūpato"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "pré-avisar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "acautelar"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to warn in advance",
          "word": "förvarna"
        }
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  "word": "forewarn"
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      "expansion": "German vorwarnen (“to forewarn”)",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "förvarna",
        "t": "to forewarn"
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      "expansion": "Swedish förvarna (“to forewarn”)",
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  "etymology_text": "Early 14th century, from Middle English *forewarnen (suggested by Middle English forewarned, forewarning, forewarner, etc.), from Old English forewarnian (“to take warning beforehand; forewarn”), from Proto-Germanic *furawarnōną (“to forewarn”), equivalent to fore- + warn. Cognate with German vorwarnen (“to forewarn”), Swedish förvarna (“to forewarn”).",
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          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad, →OL",
          "text": "I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape.[…]",
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        "To warn in advance."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predupreždavam",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "предупреждавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "waarschuwen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "op de hoogte stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "précautionner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "vorwarnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "premonire"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "praemoneō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "praeclamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "whakatūpato"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "pré-avisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "acautelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to warn in advance",
      "word": "förvarna"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forewarn"
}