Meaning

1 senses

  1. To prohibit; forbid; deny (right, access to, etc.).

Origin

From Middle English forwernen, from Old English forwærnan, forwoernan, forwiernan (“to hin

From Middle English forwernen, from Old English forwærnan, forwoernan, forwiernan (“to hinder, prohibit, prevent, repel, refuse, repudiate, deny, withhold, oppose”), from Proto-Germanic *fra-, *fur-, *far- (“for-”) + *warnijaną (“to care, worry”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, defend”), equivalent to for- + warn (“to deny, refuse, forbid”).

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Forms

forwarns, forwarning, forwarned, forwarned

regular · Lesson

Base formforwarn · to forwarn
3rd person singularforwarns
Present participleforwarning
Past simpleforwarned
Past participleforwarned

Tenses

forwarn · forwarned · will forwarn · have forwarned

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforwarn
he, she, itforwarns

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forwarned
he, she, ithas forwarned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forwarn

Past simpleLesson

all personsforwarned

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
forwardA2forwardsfossilC1fossilizefoster

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