forewarn
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- v warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning
I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife's house
- I forewarn you, the Lake Waco area of Old Mount Carmel will be terribly shaken.
- His own inexperience might account for his rude shock, but why did not his seasoned foreign policy aides forewarn him? Perhaps because they figure, as one top White House foreign .
- Even so, Casey displayed a lack of judgment in failing to forewarn the President of his potentially embarrassing background.