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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Precaution

Pre-cau'tion, n.

noun

n. [Fr. précaution, Sp. precaucion, It. precauzione, Lat. præcautio, from præcavere, præcautum, to guard against beforehand, from præ, before, and cavere, to be on one's guard.]

  1. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good in possession.
  2. A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.

Pre-cau'tion, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. PRECAUTIONED; p. pr. & vb. n. PRECAUTIONING.] [Fr. précautionner.] To warn or advise beforehand for preventing mischief or securing good. Locke.