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verb

Beware v. t. To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. (Obs.) "Priest, beware your beard." "To wish them beware the son."

Beware v. i.

To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided. "Beware of all, but most beware of man!" "Beware the awful avalanche."

To have a special regard; to heed. (Obs.) "Behold, I send an Angel before thee.... Beware of him, and obey his voice." Note: This word is a compound from be and the Old English ware, now wary, which is an adjective. "Be ye war of false prophetis." It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes, and with such auxiliaries (shall, should, must, etc.) as go with the infinitive.

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... laughter? and the folly that sent them fresh mates in misery was indeed matter for laughter, fed to fulness by constant meditation on the perch. Meantime, I uncharmed the youth and bade him retire quickly; but as he was going, he said, 'Beware of the Genie Karaz!' Then I held him back, and after a parley he told me what he had heard the Princess say, and it was that Karaz had seen me and sworn to possess me for my beauty. 'Strangely smiled Goorelka when ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... instead, I thought. He told me, hearing me quote Schiller, to beware of the Germans, for they were all Pantheists at heart. I asked him whether he included Lange and Bunsen, and it appeared that he had never read a German book in his life. He then flew furiously at Mr. Carlyle, and I found that all he knew of him was from a certain ...

— Yeast: A Problem • Charles Kingsley

... only fit for trade; you will not suit me for a servant." The girl went away crestfallen: in a minute, however, my lady sent me after her to see that she had something to eat before leaving the house; and, indeed, she sent for her once again, but it was only to give her a Bible, and to bid her beware of French principles, which had led the French to cut off their king's and ...

— My Lady Ludlow • Elizabeth Gaskell

... but the form in which he presented it to her, and that the sin against the Holy Ghost was disbelief, like his, in the religion of others. But when have such words availed anything? When have they been believed? Hester had a sharp tongue, and she was slowly learning to beware of it as her worst enemy. She laid down many weapons before she trusted ...

— Red Pottage • Mary Cholmondeley

... leading the pony, Blinky Bill muttered to himself, "Ha! ha! Little does he know that he is leading Sausage II., the greatest 13.2 pony of the century. Let him beware how he gets alongside anything. That's all! Blinky Bill may ...

— Three Elephant Power • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson

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