Definitions for beware
bɪˈwɛərbe·ware

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. beware, mindverb

   be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to

   "Beware of telephone salesmen"

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1. bewareverb

   To use caution, pay attention (to) (if intransitive, construed with of).

2. Etymology: Compound of be- and the verb ware

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. To Bewareverb

   Etymology: from be and ware, or wary; that is, cautious:

   1. To regard with caution; to be suspicious of danger from: generally the particle of goes before the thing which excites caution.

   You must beware of drawing or painting clouds, winds, and thunder, towards the bottom of your piece. John Dryden, Dufres.

   Every one ought to be very careful to beware what he admits for a principle. John Locke.

   Warn’d by the sylph, oh, pious maid, beware!
   This to disclose is all thy guardian can;
   Beware of all, but most beware of man. Alexander Pope, Rape of the L.

   2. It is observable, that it is only used in such forms of speech as admit the word be: thus we say, he may beware, let him beware, he will beware; but not, he did beware, or he has been ware.

Webster Dictionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bewareverb

   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

2. Bewareverb

   to have a special regard; to heed

3. Bewareverb

   to avoid; to take care of; to have a care for

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1. Beware

   Beware was the fifth release from the Lodi, New Jersey horror punk band The Misfits. Since it was originally intended to be available for the group's 1979 UK tour, it combined two earlier, out of print releases, with the substitution of one new track.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Beware

   be-wār′, v.i. to be on one's guard: to be suspicious of danger: to take care (with of; with clause—lest, that, not, how). [From the words be and ware run together. See Wary.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of beware in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of beware in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of beware in a Sentence

1. William Shakespeare:

   Beware Of entrance to a quarrel but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy rich, not gaudy For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

2. Burmese Proverb:

   Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting.

3. Jean Jacques Rousseau:

   Your first appearance, he said to me, is the gauge by which you will be measured; try to manage that you may go beyond yourself in after times, but beware of ever doing less.

4. Henry David Thoreau, Walden:

   Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.

5. Prophet Muhammad:

   ======== #6. Avoid alcohol for it is the mother of all evils ======== #7. Do not become angry and Paradise will be yours ======== #8. Beware of suspicion; suspicion is the most untrue speech ======== #9. If one of you loves his brother for the sake of Allah, let him tell him, for it does good and makes the love last ======== #10. Blessings are with your elders

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