Warning

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Previous notice.

II. Warning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Warn.

III. Warning ·adj Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warning voice.

IV. Warning ·noun Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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