[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

warn \warn\, v. t. imp.  p. p. warned; p. pr.  vb. n.
   warning. oe. warnen, warnien, as. warnian, wearnian, to
   take heed, to warn; akin to as. wearn denial, refusal, os.
   warning, wernian, to refuse, ohg. warnen, g. warnen to warn,
   ofries. warna, werna, icel. varna to refuse; and probably to
   e. wary. ????.
   1913 webster
   1. to make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to
      give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify
      or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to
      warn a tenant to quit a house. "warned of the ensuing
      fight." --dryden.
      1913 webster

            cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from god by
            an holy angel to send for thee.       --acts x. 22.
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            who is it that hath warned us to the walls? --shak.
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   2. to give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or
      evil; to caution against anything that may prove
      injurious. "juturna warns the daunian chief of lausus'
      danger, urging swift relief." --dryden.
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   3. to ward off. obs. --spenser.
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see also:
warned warning 

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