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The Meaning of warn

  • (v. t.) To refuse.
  • (v. t.) To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to 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.
  • (v. t.) To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.
  • (v. t.) To ward off.

Synonyms

discourage , admonish , monish

Homophones

warne , worn

Rhymes

aborn , adorn , airborne , allcorn , amborn , bighorn , bjoern , bjorn , born , borne , bourn , bourne , buckthorn , corn , corne , dearborn , doorn , dorn , elkhorn , firstborn , forewarn , forlorn , forsworn , hartshorn , hawthorn , horn , inborn , korn , lamborn , longhorn , lorne , lowborn , morn , mourn , orn , orne , osborn , osborne , popcorn , porn , pronghorn , reborn , sanborn , schorn , scorn , seaborne , shoehorn , shopkorn , shopworn , shorn , steinborn , stillborn , sworn , thorn , thorne , torn , unadorn , unborn , unicorn , vandorn , vanhorn , warne , waterborne , wellborn , worn , zorn