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admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace. Our hearts receive your warnings. Shak. The idea of solidity we receives by our touch. Locke.

ve their wages duly paid 'em, And something over to remember me by. Shak. Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. Milton.

crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. Cowper.

Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable wrong. Warner.

The state of being saturated; fullness of supply. [Obs.] Warner.

Significant; ominous; serving as a warning of danger; --applied esp. to the warning colors or forms of certain animals.

ely; certainly. [Obs.] Believe this as siker as your creed. Chaucer. Sicker, Willye, thou warnest well. Spenser.

nals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned.

A school, company, or shoal. [Obs.] A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him. Warner. These fishes enter in great flotes and skulls. Holland.

To afford suitable sustenance. [Obs.] Warner.

To go; to fare. [Obs.] To warn him now he is too farre sped. Remedy of Love.

A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like.

A spot, stain, or blemish. [Obs.] Warner.

to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn. Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. Acts iv. 17.

To transfer the patronage of. [Obs.] Warner.

ay; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state. He should be warned who are like to undermine him. Locke.

Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ness, n.

ts Law), rents or profits of an estate obtained by a tenant wrongfully holding over after warning. They are recoverable in a process of removing.

larvæ of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles.

To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against. "Ware that I say." Chaucer. God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. Chaucer. Then ware a rising tempest on the main. Dryden.