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monition

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Monition  \Mo*ni"tion\,  n.  [F.,  fr  L.  monitio,  from  monere  to 
  warn,  bring  to  mind;  akin  to  E.  mind.  See  {Mind},  and  cf 
  {Admonish},  {Money},  {Monster}.] 
  1.  Instruction  or  advice  given  by  way  of  caution;  an 
  admonition;  a  warning;  a  caution. 
 
  Sage  monitions  from  his  friends.  --Swift. 
 
  2.  Information;  indication;  notice;  advice. 
 
  We  have  no  visible  monition  of  .  .  .  other  periods, 
  such  as  we  have  of  the  day  by  successive  light  and 
  darkness.  --Holder. 
 
  3.  (Admiralty  Practice)  A  process  in  the  nature  of  a  summons 
  to  appear  and  answer. 
 
  4.  (Eccl.  Law)  An  order  monishing  a  party  complained  against 
  to  obey  under  pain  of  the  law.  --Shipley. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  monition 
  n  :  a  firm  rebuke  [syn:  {admonition},  {admonishment}]




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