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Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-wair
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈwɛər



Definition of beware

Origin :
  • c.1200, probably from a conflation of be ware (though the compound bewarian "defend" existed in Old English). See wary.
  • verb be careful
Example sentences :
  • Avoid me—place yourself in the condition of my opponent, and beware.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • As for the traitors, let them beware, for my arm is longer than they dream.
  • Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • Also it is a notice to the gods of the enemy that theirs is the stronger god, and to beware.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • America, to be true to herself, must beware of such false lights, of the press as these.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • Some good fellows have warned me to beware of them, they cheat man and beast.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • But women must beware of sham emotion and lachrymose sentimentality.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Beware of forming wrong conceptions of what must take place.
  • Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
  • Beware of taking to thyself a wife for the sake of her portion.
  • Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
  • Again and again she had said to herself, "I will beware of it."
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • These two letters warned the Government to beware of Gavard.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for beware

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