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o give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house. "Warned of the ensuing fight." Dryden. Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee. Acts x. 22. Who is it that hath warned us to the wa…

One who warns; an admonisher.

Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warning voice. That warning timepiece never ceased. Longfellow. Warning piece, Warning wheel (Horol.), a piece or wheel which produces a sound shortly before the clock strikes.

In a warning manner.

To furnish. [Obs.] "To warnstore your house." Chaucer.

To warn. [Obs.] Spenser.

To dissuade from by previous warning. [Obs.]

To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance. We were forewarned of your coming. Shak.

To warn beforehand; to forewarn. [R.]

Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [Obs.] Potter.

To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. "Admonish him as a brother." 2 Thess. iii. 15.

nseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. -- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly,, adv.

To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss. [Archaic] I will advertise thee what this people shall do. Num. xxiv. 14.

Admonition; advice; warning. [Obs.] Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement. Shak.

ive advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. "I shall no more advise thee." Milton.

ion intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Joel ii. 1.

An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning. "We have had an alert." Farrow. On the alert, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act.

Monition; warning. [Obs.] Clarendon.

Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk.