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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
admonish
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Before he released the panel, Weisberg admonished jurors to avoid the massive publicity generated by their verdicts.
▪ Go ahead, admonished the voice, but see if you can look yourself in the eye tomorrow morning.
▪ He then proceeded tactfully to admonish the theorists of botany in order to protect the practitioners of gardening.
▪ No wonder I was constantly admonished by my father to summon all my meager spiritual resources and be on my best behavior.
▪ Perhaps he had been surprised to be greeted by an adult who didn't either admonish or cross-examine him.
▪ Though admonished not to by the funeral director, I want to touch her.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Admonish

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
admonish

mid-14c., amonesten "remind, urge, exhort, warn, give warning," from Old French amonester (12c.) "urge, encourage, warn," from Vulgar Latin *admonestare, from Latin admonere "bring to mind, remind, suggest;" also "warn, advise, urge," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + monere "advise, warn" (see monitor (n.)).\n

\nThe -d- was restored on Latin model. The ending was influenced by words in -ish (such as astonish, abolish). Related: Admonished; admonishing.

Wiktionary
admonish

vb. 1 To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. 2 To counsel against wrong practices; to caution or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; — followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause. 3 To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.

WordNet
admonish
  1. v. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet" [syn: warn, discourage, monish]

  2. warn strongly; put on guard [syn: caution, monish]

  3. take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" [syn: reprove]

Wikipedia
Admonish (band)

Admonish is a Swedish black metal band formed in 1994. They were one of the first bands in the Christian black metal movement and the first Christian black metal group in Sweden. While the band did not release anything until 2005, the magazine Metal Hammer called Admonish "One of the leading Christian black metal bands" in a 1990s issue which focused on black metal. In 2006 Admonish achieved some mainstream notice when the twins Emil (guitar) and Jonas Karlsson (bass) both appeared on the MTV Europe show Pimp My Ride International on October 6. On that show, in which their car was modified, the twins advertised their band and Admonish's music was played. The former Admonish member Per Sundström was also a guitar-player in Crimson Moonlight.

Usage examples of "admonish".

But these pompous titles, instead of gratifying the vanity of the Persian, served only to admonish him of his duty, and to inflame in his soul and shoulder the ambition of restoring in their full splendor, the religion and empire of Cyrus.

But Lucilian had no sooner recovered his spirits, than he betrayed his want of discretion, by presuming to admonish his conqueror that he had rashly ventured, with a handful of men, to expose his person in the midst of his enemies.

With a similar design, to admonish kings that they are strong only in the strength of their subjects, the same Indians invented the game of chess, which was likewise introduced into Persia under the reign of Nushirvan.

On the notice that Eugenius had fulminated a bull for that purpose, they ventured to summon, to admonish, to threaten, to censure the contumacious successor of St.

I pray every hour that none of this will come to pass, but while I pray, I seek out men of experience to aid in the earthly battle, and I admonish all I see to offer up their orisons to God and the Mother Maria for the salvation of our city and our souls.

Year 551, we offer up praises to God, His Son and the Holy Spirit for the success of the enterprise, and admonish all loyal subjects within the bounds of the Empire to join with us in this celebration, for surely we are delivered for the purpose of Christian vindication throughout the world.

When the return of famine severely admonished them of the importance of the arts, the national distress was sometimes alleviated by the emigration of a third, perhaps, or a fourth part of their youth.

The sight of his head, when it was exposed to the eyes of the people, convinced them of their deliverance, and admonished them to receive with acclamations of loyalty and gratitude the fortunate Constantine, who thus achieved by his valor and ability the most splendid enterprise of his life.

Barbarian chiefs, alarmed and admonished by the fate of their companions, prepared to encounter, in a decisive battle, the victorious forces of the lieutenant of Valentinian.

When Attila declared his resolution of carrying his victorious arms to the gates of Rome, he was admonished by his friends, as well as by his enemies, that Alaric had not long survived the conquest of the eternal city.

A long siege and an artful negotiation, admonished the king of the Franks of the danger and difficulty of his enterprise.

A similar instance, in Grecian history, admonished the emperor of the honorable part prescribed for his imitation.

Notwithstanding these precautions, and his own example, the succession of consuls finally ceased in the thirteenth year of Justinian, whose despotic temper might be gratified by the silent extinction of a title which admonished the Romans of their ancient freedom.

Adrumetum in ashes, he calmly admonished the emperor that the peace of Africa might be secured by the recall of Solomon and his unworthy nephews.

In this state of disgrace and agony, two bishops, Isaiah of Rhodes and Alexander of Diospolis, were dragged through the streets of Constantinople, while their brethren were admonished, by the voice of a crier, to observe this awful lesson, and not to pollute the sanctity of their character.