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English
Etymology
Ablaut derivative of beware.
Pronunciation
Verb
bewore
- (rare, nonstandard) simple past of beware
1880, Francis Francis, Hot Pot:Ay, ay, that was many a long year since, before my hand had learnt its cunning, and when the fishes bewore not of me, or, as Ovid used to say,
Nee sua credulitas piscem
Suspenderat hamo.
1919, John Joy Bell, Just Jemina, page 124:"What way did ye no' beware o' the boots?" "I bewore till I couldna see ony reason for bewarin'.
2013, Norman Ross, Of Time and Destiny, page 3:I believe you not only ought to beware the Ides of March, but also every other Ides that comes along in one's life. That has been my whole problem--not bewaring sufficiently. Of course, during WWII I bewore a whole lot and thus I survived but not too many guys I knew did, and so they missed a helluva lot of Ides that they might have had an opportunity to be beware of.