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forewarns

forewarns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forewarn.

Meaning of forewarn

Verb

forewarn (third-person singular simple present forewarns, present participle forewarning, simple past and past participle forewarned)

  1. To warn in advance.
    • And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]1576, George Whetstone, “The Ortchard of Repentance: […]”, in The Rocke of Regard, […], London: […] [H. Middleton] for Robert Waley, →OCLC; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of...

Questions about forewarns

What is forewarns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forewarns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forewarn.

Words near forewarns in the dictionary

  1. forewarners
  2. forewarneth
  3. forewarning
  4. forewarningly
  5. forewarnings
  6. forewarns
  7. forewaste
  8. forewatch
  9. forewatches
  10. forewater
  11. forewaters

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