bewared

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A form of beware — To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verb
  1. obsoleteparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of beware

    Cavissem, si prævidissem, I had bewared if I had foreseen.

    1868, John Milton, “Accedence Commenced Grammar”, in Charles R. Sumner, transl., The Prose Works, page 445
    2 more examples

    But idiots only may be cozened twice: Once warned is well bewared; [...]

    1854, John Dryden, “The Cock and the Fox”, in Robert Bell, editor, The Poetical Works, page 61

    Like the proverbial man of one book, the man of one gun is to be bewared.

    1864, Frank Forester, The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen, page 77

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