beware

[be·ware]

To beware is to be cautious and on your guard. The riskier the situation, the more you need to beware.

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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.

Verb
be on one''s guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to; "Beware of telephone salesmen"

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.

v. i.
To have a special regard; to heed.

v. t.
To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for.

Beware

Be*ware" , v. i. [Be, imperative of verb to be + ware. See Ware, Wary.] 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.

&hand; This word is a compound from be and the Old English ware, now wary, which is an adjective. "Be ye war of false prophetis." Wyclif, Matt. vii. 15. It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes, and with such auxiliaries (shall, should, must, etc.) as go with the infinitive.

Beware

Be*ware" , v. t. To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [Obs.] "Priest, beware your beard." Shak.

To wish them beware the son.

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.

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Usage Examples

Beware of him that is slow to anger for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.

Beware the hobby that eats.

Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

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Other Usage Examples

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object beware of this stumbling block.

Beware of false knowledge it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.

Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did.