(information) 527; premonition, premonishment†; prediction &c 511;
contraindication, lesson, dehortation†; admonition, monition; alarm &c
669.
handwriting on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, red flag,
yellow flag; fog-signal, foghorn; siren; monitor, warning voice,
Cassandra†, signs of the times, Mother Cary's chickens†, stormy petrel,
bird of ill omen, gathering clouds, clouds in the horizon, death watch.
watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse &c (indication of
locality) 550.
sentinel, sentry,, watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog,
bandog†, housedog†; patrol, patrolman, vedette†, picket, bivouac, scout,
spy, spial†; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard,
rear guard; lookout.
cautiousness &c 864.
monitor, guard camera, radar, AWACS, spy satellite, spy-in-the-
sky, U2 plane, spy plane.
V. warn, caution; forewarn, prewarn†; admonish, premonish†; give notice,
give warning, dehort†; menace &c (threaten) 909; put on one's guard;
sound the alarm &c 669; croak.
beware, ware; take warning, take heed at one's peril; keep watch
and ward &c (care) 459.
Adj. warning &c v.; premonitory, monitory, cautionary; admonitory,
admonitive†; sematic [Biol.].
warned, forewarned &c v.; on one's guard &c (careful) 459,
(cautious) 864.
Adv. in terrorem [Lat.] &c (threat) 909.
Int. beware!, ware!, take care!, look out!, fore (golf), mind what you
are about!, take care what you are about!, mind!,
Phr. ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort [Fr.], don't wake a sleeping
cat; foenum habet in cornu [Lat.]; caveat actor; le silence du people
est la legon des rois [Fr.]; verbum sat sapienti [Lat.], a word to the
wise is sufficient; un averti en vaut deux [Fr.].