Caveat meaning
An example of caveat is a police officer telling someone to stop or they'll shoot.
The spokesperson caveated the statement with a reminder that certain facts were still unknown.
He gave his daughter some hyacinth bulbs with the caveat that she plant them in the shade.
This last expression minds me to caveat the Reader, not to be angry at Helebore because it's called Christmas flowre; […]
Origin 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
- From the Latin verb form caveat (“he may beware of”), from caveō (“I beware of”).
From Wiktionary