Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CA'VE-AT, n. [L. caveat, let him beware, from caveo.]

1. In law, a process in a court, especially in a spiritual court, to stop proceedings, as to stop the proving of a will; also to prevent the institution of a clerk to a benefice. – Blackstone. In America, it is used in courts of common law. – Cranch's Reports.
2. Intimation of caution; hint; warning; admonition.