Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Aware

Aware ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Old English iwar, Anglo-Saxon gewar, from war wary. The pref. ge- orig. meant together, completely. {not transcribed}. See Wary.]

1.
Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
2.
Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs.
Aware of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook. — Cowper