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Prewarn vs Forwarn - What's the difference?

prewarn | forwarn |

In lang=en terms the difference between prewarn and forwarn

is that prewarn is to warn beforehand; to forewarn while forwarn is to prohibit; forbid; deny (right, access to, etc).

As verbs the difference between prewarn and forwarn

is that prewarn is to warn beforehand; to forewarn while forwarn is to prohibit; forbid; deny (right, access to, etc).

prewarn

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To warn beforehand; to forewarn.
    • (Webster 1913)

    forwarn

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To prohibit; forbid; deny (right, access to, etc.).
  • *1690 , Thomas Shadwell, The amorous bigotte :
    • Oh Cousin this wicked Duoena, this Grycta suspects the good Woman who brought the Letter, and has forwarn'd her the House.
  • *1708 , Samuel Sewall, Diary :
    • I meet the Workman by Mr. Pemberton's Gate, and forewarn him from making of it; [...]
  • *1840 , Charles Lamb, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, The works of Charles Lamb :
    • [...] having been caught putting the inside of the master's desk to a use for which the architect had clearly not designed it, to justify himself, with great simplicity averred, that he did not know that the thing had been forewarned .