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Beware   /bɪwˈɛr/   Listen
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.  
1.
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."
2.
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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"Beware" Quotes from Famous Books



... that so many wealthy persons had assembled at the castle for the feast would be sure to be known to the banditti (the outlaws of the cities and the escaped serfs). They were certain to be on the look out for travellers; let him beware. ...
— After London - Wild England • Richard Jefferies

... tattered sail Drives like the wing of some terrific bird, Where wreck and famine herd.— Home of the red Auroras and the gods! He who profanes thy perilous threshold,—where The ancient centuries lair, And, glacier-throned, thy monarch, Winter, nods,— Let him beware! Lest, coming on that hoary presence there, Whose pitiless hand, Above that hungry land, An iceberg wields as sceptre, and whose crown The North Star is, set in a band of frost, He, too, shall feel the bitterness of that frown, And, turned to stone, ...
— Myth and Romance - Being a Book of Verses • Madison Cawein

... "I won't," and suiting the action to the words, he tossed the handspike on to the top-gallant forecastle. I instantly picked it up, and it was all over his body before he had time to recover from the effect of so sudden an attack. The captain had told me that I was to beware of treachery, and to remember the advantage of the first blow. "Hit," said he, "right between the eyes, and see to it that it makes sparks!" I did not expect that the necessity would arise so soon after leaving the docks, and I must ...
— Windjammers and Sea Tramps • Walter Runciman

... Marcella Maxwell and her boy on Watton's table. The poetic charm of it had struck him so forcibly that he had calmly put it in his pocket, telling the protesting owner that he in his role of great friend could easily procure another, and must beware of a grudging spirit. Watton had laughed and submitted, and Tressady had carried off the picture, honestly meaning to present it to Letty for a collection of contemporary "beauties" she had ...
— Sir George Tressady, Vol. II • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... there, for circumstances not quite miraculous may pluck them as "brands from the burning;" but I do not hesitate to say that such is the inevitable tendency; and I call on every mother and teacher who reads this section, to beware of confectionaries, and see, if possible, that the young never set foot in them. They are a road through which thousands pass to the chamber of death—death to the immortal spirit, as well as to the ...
— The Young Mother - Management of Children in Regard to Health • William A. Alcott


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