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caveat

ca·veat

UK/ˈkævɪæt/ US/ˈkeɪ-/ rare dated obsolete

noun

1.

a warning against certain acts

  • “a caveat against unfair practices”
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2.

(law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing

  • “a caveat filed against the probate of a will”

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • caveat emptor
  • caveat lector
  • caveat loan
  • patent caveat

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