be ware
verb (used with object)
1.
to be wary, cautious, or careful of (usually used imperatively): Beware such inconsistency. Beware his waspish wit.
verb (used without object)
2.
to be cautious or careful: Beware of the dog.
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| —vb (often foll by of) | |
| to be cautious or wary (of); be on one's guard (against) | |
| [C13 be war, from | |
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Word Origin & History
beware
c.1200, probably from a conflation of be ware (though the compound bewarian "defend" existed in O.E.). See wary.
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