Caveat Definition
kăvē-ät, kävē-, kāvē-ăt
caveats
noun
caveats
A warning.
Webster's New World
A qualification or explanation.
American Heritage
A formal notice that an interested party files with the proper legal authorities, directing them to refrain from an action until the party can be heard.
Webster's New World
Let him or her beware.
Webster's New World Law
An admonition, caution, or warning.
Webster's New World Law
verb
To submit a caveat.
American Heritage
To make a caveat to (a will, for example).
American Heritage
To qualify with a warning or clarification.
The spokesperson caveated the statement with a reminder that certain facts were still unknown.
American Heritage
(law) To lodge a formal notice of interest in land, under a Torrens land-title system.
Wiktionary
(law, dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Caveat
Noun
Singular:
caveatPlural:
caveatsOrigin of Caveat
From Latin let him beware third person sing. present subjunctive of cavēre to beware
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From the Latin verb form caveat (“he may beware of”), from caveō (“I beware of”).
From Wiktionary
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