adv. Obs. [Alteration of UNWARE adv., after BEWARE v.] = UNAWARE adv.

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1489.  Caxton, Faytes of A., I. x. 28. To com by thees wayes vpon theyre enemyes vnbeware. Ibid. (c. 1489), Blanchardyn, XXX. 113. A grete sorowe toke hym at his herte of that he was so taken vnbeware.

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1565.  Golding, Ovid’s Met., I. (1593), 7. He meant … To steale upon me in the night and kill me unbeware.

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