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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Having knowledge or cognizance: aware of the difference between the two versions; became aware of faint sound.
  2. adj. Archaic Vigilant; watchful.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Watchful; vigilant; on one's guard.
  2. Apprised; cognizant; in possession of information: as, he was aware of the enemy's designs.
  3. Specifically Informed by sight or other sense.
  4. Synonyms Aware, Conscious (see conscious), mindful, acquainted (with), sensible, observant.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
  2. adj. Conscious or having knowledge of something

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
  2. adj. Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
  2. adj. bearing in mind; attentive to

Etymologies

  1. From Old English ġewær, from ġe- ("(intensifier)") (English a-) + wær (English ware), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *waraz. Replaced plain (unintensified) ware. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, variant of iwar, from Old English gewær; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • gerbert In Japanese aesthetic vocabulary: originally surprise or delight, but now tinged with melancholy that may bring one to the brink of tears. Nov 3, 2008

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