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prewarned

prewarned is the simple past and past participle of prewarn.

Meaning of prewarn

Verb

prewarn (third-person singular simple present prewarns, present participle prewarning, simple past and past participle prewarned)

  1. (transitive) To warn beforehand; to forewarn.
    • The credited testimony of Borden shows that Adams on October 12 prewarned him about the discharge and told him that the ground for the discharge would be the misshading of materials ( i.e. selecting materials for manufacture into a batch of shirts which were not of matching shades).1971, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 889

Questions about prewarned

What is prewarned the simple past and past participle of?
Prewarned is the simple past and past participle of prewarn.

Words near prewarned in the dictionary

  1. prewarm
  2. prewarmed
  3. prewarming
  4. prewarms
  5. prewarn
  6. prewarned
  7. prewarning
  8. prewarns
  9. prewarrant
  10. prewartime
  11. prewash

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