forwarn

== English == === Alternative forms === forewarn === Etymology === 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”). === Verb === forwarn (third-person singular simple present forwarns, present participle forwarning, simple past and past participle forwarned) (transitive) To prohibit; forbid; deny (right, access to, etc.).