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Synonyms for caveat

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kav-ee-aht, -at, kah-vee-, key-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæv iˌɑt, -ˌæt, ˈkɑ vi-, keɪ-

Définition of caveat

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin, literally "let him beware," 3rd person singular present subjunctive of cavere "to beware, take heed, watch, guard against," from PIE root *skeue- "to pay attention, perceive" (cf. Sanskrit kavih "wise, sage, seer, poet;" Lithuanian kavoti "tend, safeguard;" Armenian cucanem "I show;" Latin cautio "wariness;" Greek koein "to mark, perceive, hear," kydos "glory, fame," literally "that which is heard of;" Old Church Slavonic chujo "to feel, perceive, hear," cudo "wonder," literally "that which is heard of;" Czech (z)koumati "to perceive, be aware of;" Serbian chuvati "watch, heed;" Old English sceawian "to look at" (cf. show (v.)); Middle Dutch schoon "beautiful, bright," properly "showy;" Gothic hausjan "hear").
  • noun warning
Example sentences :
  • This plan is preferred by many inventors to filing a caveat.
  • Extract from : « Practical Pointers for Patentees » by Franklin Cresee
  • That sense of caveat donor was perhaps their most pathetic characteristic.
  • Extract from : « The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • A gentleman: that was an argument against which it was futile to enter a caveat.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • But, if he does, he can at once enter a caveat in the Probate Registry.
  • Extract from : « The Herapath Property » by J. S. Fletcher
  • I felt I must give you the opportunity of entering a caveat.
  • Extract from : « Lady Lilith » by Stephen McKenna
  • I will first give him a caveat, to use you as kindly as he can.
  • Extract from : « A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15) » by Robert Dodsley
  • The doctrine of caveat emptor would apply in that case, too.
  • Extract from : « The Competitive Nephew » by Montague Glass
  • But there is 123something in Latin about caveat emptor, which is short for “Let the buyer beware!”
  • Extract from : « Wunpost » by Dane Coolidge
  • "Caveat emptor" is the only rule by which fair rents may be reached.
  • Extract from : « The Landleaguers » by Anthony Trollope
  • There is no proverb more common than that of "caveat emptor."
  • Extract from : « The Landleaguers » by Anthony Trollope

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