forwarn

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To prohibit; forbid; deny (right, access to, etc.). transitive
    — Oh Cousin this wicked Duoena, this Grycta suspects the good Woman who brought the Letter, and has forwarn'd her the House.

词形变化

forwarns present,singular,third-person forwarning participle,present forwarned participle,past forwarned past forewarn alternative

词源

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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