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caveat

noun
/ˈkævɪæt/UK/ˈkæviɑt/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin caveat (“may he/she/it beware”), third-person singular present active subjunctive of caveō (“to beware of”). Doublet of show, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”).

  1. derived from *(s)kewh₁-✻
  2. learned borrowing from caveat — “may he/she/it beware”

Definitions

  1. A warning.

    • There is at least one caveat in cultivation: you’ll have to stick to only one discipline, such as that according to Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha.
    • And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]
    • Two young Harvard M.B.A.'s worked up some highly optimistic projections—with the caveat that these were speculative and should of course be tested.

  2. A qualification or exemption.

    • He gave his daughter some hyacinth bulbs with the caveat that she plant them in the shade.
    • The writing has been on the wall that Americans’ support for mass deportation was subject to all kinds of caveats and provisos.

  3. A formal objection.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.

    2. To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.

      • I want to caveat everything I say with the disclaimer that I was working from photos.

    3. To formally object to something.

    4. To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.

      • The answer further alleged that the intestate, in right of his wife, caveated the probate in Virginia of the will of one William Hill, her relation; […]
      • The defendant, father of the testator, had caveated against granting of probate on the ground that the will was not duly executed, and that deceased did not know or approve of its contents.

    5. To warn or caution against some event.

      • […] I beseach you to caveat any addresse being fully heard until some person commissioned from this Countrey be their to confront the sayd Dutch or their complices.

    6. A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.

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Derived

caveatable, caveatee, caveator, caveatory, caveatrix, patent caveat, uncaveated

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA