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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Admonish \Ad*mon"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Admonished}; p. pr
& vb n. {Admonishing}.] [OE. amonesten OF amonester F.
admonester fr a supposed LL admonesstrare fr L. admonere
to remind, warn; ad + monere to warn. See {Monition}.]
1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly,
but seriously; to exhort. ``Admonish him as a brother.''
--2 Thess. iii. 15.
2. To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise;
to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of
against, or a subordinate clause.
Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. --Col.
iii. 16.
I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold The
danger, and the lurking enemy. --Milton.
3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.
Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to
make the tabernacle. --Heb. viii.
5.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
admonish
v 1: admonish or counsel; "I warned him not to go too far" [syn:
{warn}, {discourage}]
2: warn strongly; put on guard [syn: {caution}]
3: take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
[syn: {reprove}]
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