Admonish

Definition of Admonish

Ad`mon´ish
v. t.1.To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.
[imp. & p. p. Admonished ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Admonishing.]
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.

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