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forewarn
verb fore·warn \fȯr-ˈwȯrn\
: to warn (someone) before something happens
Full Definition of FOREWARN
transitive verb
: to warn in advance
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First Known Use of FOREWARN
14th century
Rhymes with FOREWARN
acorn, adorn, airborne, althorn, baseborn, bass horn, bicorne, blackthorn, blue corn, boxthorn, broomcorn, buckthorn, bullhorn, careworn, Christ's-thorn, Dearborn, dehorn, dent corn, earthborn, einkorn, field corn, firethorn, firstborn, flint corn, foghorn, forlorn, forworn, freeborn, French horn, green corn, greenhorn, hartshorn, hawthorn, highborn, hulled corn, inborn, inkhorn, krummhorn, leghorn, longhorn, lovelorn, lowborn, newborn, outworn, pod corn, popcorn, post horn, pronghorn, ramshorn, reborn, saxhorn, seaborne, self-born, shipborne, shoehorn, shopworn, shorthorn, skyborne, soilborne, stillborn, stinkhorn, suborn, sweet corn, tick-borne, timeworn, tinhorn, toilworn, tricorne, trueborn, twice-born, twinborn, unborn, unworn, wayworn, wellborn, well-worn, wind-borne
FOREWARN Defined for Kids
forewarn
verb fore·warn \fȯr-ˈwȯrn\
fore·warnedfore·warn·ing
Definition of FOREWARN for Kids
: to warn in advance
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