Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good / A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.

(transitive) To warn or caution beforehand. / (transitive, rare) To take precaution against.

plural of precaution

simple past tense and past participle of precaution

present participle of precaution

precautionary

Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution

(obsolete) A precaution.

In a precautionary manner; as a precaution

plural of precautionary