forewarn
[fawr-wawrn, fohr-]
- to warn in advance.
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Origin of forewarn
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omen, foreboding, warning, premonition, feeling, presentiment, portent, foreshadowing, prescienceExamples from the Web for forewarning
Contemporary Examples of forewarning
Sure you had some forewarning, especially after Rush Limbaugh guaranteed victory.
Historical Examples of forewarning
Some forewarning had been hers when she appealed to her lover for the possession of her children.
The Twins of Suffering CreekRidgwell Cullum
Then, as if penetrated by a forewarning, I moistened my finger in the water and drew a fish for him.
Quo VadisHenryk Sienkiewicz
It happened that we had a forewarning of what might be expected.
The British Expedition to the CrimeaWilliam Howard Russell
He joked about it then, as now, but there was the forewarning of death in it.
Hawthorne and His CircleJulian Hawthorne
How should he use the weapon which Lettice had put into his hand by forewarning him?
Name and FameAdeline Sergeant
forewarn
- (tr) to warn beforehand
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