D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Beware

/bĭw-ĕr'/ · Be·ware · IPA /biˈwɛɚ/
01 v. i. To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.
  1. 1.
    To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.
    Beware of all, but most beware of man !” Pope.
    Beware the awful avalanche.” Longfellow.
  2. 2.
    To have a special regard; to heed.[Obs.]
    “Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . Beware of him, and obey his voice.” — Ex. xxiii. 20, 21.
02 v. t. To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for.
  1. 1.
    To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for.[Obs.]
    “To wish them beware the son.” Milton.