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		noworriesnate 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linguists find proof of sweeping language pattern ... Beware = be + ware, but most people don’t use be- as a prefix anymore (“I’m going to bequiz my students this morning”) and they don’t use ware to mean pay attention anymore. The word “sight” Is still in common usage though.

bradknowles 3 months ago [–]

No, but there is still common use of the related form “wary”.

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