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6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a warning against certain acts
noun (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing
originLearned 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”).
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