† unbeˈware, adv. Obs.
[Alteration of unware adv., after beware v.]
= unaware adv.
1489 Caxton Faytes of A. i. x. 28 To com by thees wayes vpon theyre enemyes vnbeware. c 1489 ― Blanchardyn xxx. 113 A grete sorowe toke hym at his herte of that he was so taken vnbeware. 1565 Golding Ovid's Met. i. (1593) 7 He meant..To steale upon me in the night and kill me unbeware. |