Adjacent Words

Admonished definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADMON'ISHED, pp. Reproved; advised; warned; instructed.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.