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Webster 1913 Edition
Caution
Cau′tion
,Noun.
[F.
caution
a security, L. cautio
, fr. cavere
(For scavere
) to be on one’s guard, to take care (orig.) to be on the watch, see; akin to E. show
.] 1.
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
2.
Security; guaranty; bail.
[R.]
The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient
caution
that the war should be prosecuted. Clarendon.
3.
Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
In way of
caution
I must tell you. Shakespeare
Syn. – Care; forethought; forecast; heed; prudence; watchfulness; vigilance; circumspection; anxiety; providence; counsel; advice; warning; admonition.
Cau′tion
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cautioned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cautioning
.] To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed.
You
cautioned
me against their charms. Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Caution
CAUTION
,Noun.
1.
Provident care; prudence in regard to danger; wariness, consisting in a careful attention to the probable effects of a measure, and a judicious course of conduct to avoid evils and the arts of designing men.Caution is the armor to defend us against imposition and the attacks of evil.
2.
Security for, nearly the sense of the French caution, bail.The parliament would give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted.
3.
Provision or security against; measures taken for security; as the rules and cautions of government.4.
Precept; advice; injunction; warning; exhortation, intended as security or guard against evil.CAUTION
,Verb.
T.
You cautioned me against their charms.