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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Precaution

/prēk-ôsh'-ən/ · Pre·cau·tion · IPA /pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/
01 n. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.
  1. 1.
    Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.
    “They [ancient philosophers] treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution.” — J. H. Newman.
  2. 2.
    A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against accident.
02 v. t. To warn or caution beforehand.
  1. 1.
    To warn or caution beforehand.
  2. 2.
    To take precaution against.[R.]