bewares

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

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Meanings

verb
  1. indicativeobsoletepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of beware

    [...] a fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.

    1818, Lucy Aikin, Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, page 406
    2 more examples

    Repentance bewails those sins that a man has committed, and bewares of those which as yet he has not; [...]

    1859, Robert South, Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions, page 71

    Then, if one bewares of voluntary mistakes, of exaggeration and unfounded assertion, if one builds only upon actual and carefully observed facts, an important and well-grounded discipline must ensue.

    1918, Hans Gross, translated by Horace M. Kallen, Criminal Psychology, page 86

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

beswear
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Chicago

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