What does beware mean?
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bɪˈwɛərbe·ware
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Princeton's WordNet
beware, mindverb
be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to
"Beware of telephone salesmen"
Wiktionary
bewareverb
To use caution, pay attention (to) (if intransitive, construed with of).
Etymology: Compound of be- and the verb ware
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Bewareverb
Etymology: from be and ware, or wary; that is, cautious:
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.
Webster Dictionary
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
Bewareverb
to have a special regard; to heed
Bewareverb
to avoid; to take care of; to have a care for
Freebase
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
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.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of beware in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of beware in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of beware in a Sentence
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.
Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting.
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.
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
======== #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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