/caution-verb-meaning

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-) Verb.

-) Pronunciation and accent: kɔːʃən.

-) Third-person singular simple present: she, he, it cautions.

-) Preterite tense, preterite participle: cautioned.

-) Present participle: cautioning.

-) Etymology: from the noun “caution”, which is from Latin caution “caution”, from caut- participial stem of cavere “to beware, to caution oneself”.

-) It is dated from 1600.

-) Transitive: -) 1. To give a caution to (a person); to advise (them) to be careful or to take heed of danger, risk, or misconduct.

-) Synonyms for “caution”: to warn, admonish, forewarn.

-) Antonyms: to deceive, advise, delude.

-) Translation: avertir, in French; advertir, in Spanish; avvertire, in Italian.

I recollect now how you used to caution me when a girl.

C. Marryat… Jacob… 1842

As we neared the grounds returning, he stopped me and we had a further brief confidential talk together. I was young and egotistical enough to think that I could defy all the rivals in existence, but he cautioned me, saying: "Hold on, Tom. You're young yet; you know nothing about the weaker sex, absolutely nothing.”

A. Adams… A Texas Matchmaker… 1904

-) With the preposition “against” + a noun or a gerund:

[They] cautioned me against melancholy.

S. Richardson… Clarissa… 1748

… women cannot be cautioned too much against such lovers.

H. Fielding… Amelia… 1751

It is sufficient… to caution the reader against drawing general inferences from particular instances.

P. Shelley… A Defence of Poetry… 1821

To caution him against their visitor, to show any fear or suspicion in reference to him, would only be, she feared, to increase that interest with which Barnaby regarded him, and to strengthen his desire to meet him once again.

Dickens… Barnaby Rudge 1841

… he cautioned her against assumptions and appearances.

Dickens… Little Dorrit… 1857

-) With the prepositions “about” and “on” + a noun or a gerund:

The Intendant cautioned him on his behaviour in many points, and also relative to his dress… during his stay in the metropolis.

Marryat… The Children… 1847

Fanny cautioned me about this, and she objected, and I object.

Dickens… Little Dorrit… 1857

I cautioned her about showing that she knew too much.

Walter… My Secret Life… 1888

I was allowed to retain my horse, provided he did his share of the work. A mule and three range horses were also allotted to me, and I was cautioned about their care.

A. Adams… Reed Anthony… 1907

-) With the preposition “to” + a noun or an infinitive:

[He] cautioned her to be extremely careful with respect to any money transactions with Mr Harrel, whose splendid extravagance he assured her was universally known to exceed his fortune.

Burney… Cecilia… 1782

His old friend cautioned him to the utmost carefulness in the preparation of prescriptions, which advice he scrupulously followed.

Titan. A monthly magazine… 1852

… families were publicly cautioned not to go out of town without removing their furniture to upholsterers' warehouses for security.

Dickens… A Tale… 1859

There had been little need to caution me to secrecy. I was not tempted to speak.

H. Wilson… The Boss… 1905

-) With the prepositional construction “as to”:

Mrs. Hollister attended them to the door in person, cautioning her guests as to the safest manner of leaving her premises.

Cooper… The Pioneers… 1823

He did not choose to caution Ethel as to whether she should burn the letter or divulge it to her friends.

Thackeray… The Newcomes… 1854

-) With the preposition “from” + a noun or a gerund:

… to caution parents from trusting to the specious representations of any schoolmaster…

E. Howard… Rattlin… 1834

-) 2. (The object is a clause introduced by the conjunction “that”, or in manner of quotation) to interject, utter or say as a caution or warning.

I swam in the direction of the hill… I had remarked to my companion, before leaving the raft, that I was convinced it could not be more than three miles off, and I had often swam a much greater distance. He cautioned me that three miles appeared very little on the water; and repeated, that I should be lost if I made the attempt.

J. Adshead… A Circumstantial Narrative… 1833

I feel as if it were some one else speaking to you, and not I, when I caution you that you have made a dangerous friend.

Dickens… David… 1850

"Now, don't be too sure," cautioned Joel. "You can't see one hundred yards in this storm, and if you get bewildered, all country looks alike. Trust your horse in any event…”

A. Adams… Wells Brothers… 1911

"Ssh!" cautioned Merton.

H. Wilson… Merton… 1919

"The wolf!" he cautioned, grasping the shoulder of his companion.

M. Brand… The Night Horseman… 1920

-) English words derived from Latin cavere: precaution (noun, verb), precautioning, precautional, precautionary, precautious, precautiously, cautioned, cautioning, cautionary, cautioner, cautionless, cautious, cautiously, cautiousness, incautious, incautiously, incautiousness, incaution, over-caution.

 

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