admonish
verbEtymology
Inherited from Middle English a(d)monisshen (adapted through -ishen (“-ish”) from earlier amonesten), from Old French amonester (modern French admonester), from an unattested Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *admonestāre, from Latin admoneō (“to remind, warn”), from ad- + moneō (“to warn, advise”).
- derived from admoneō
- derived from amonester
- inherited from admonisshen
Definitions
To inform or notify of a fault
To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
- Better is a poore and a wise child, then an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished.
- And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.
- Well, that's because he daren't trust you. But in his heart he is not a loyal brother. We know that well. So we watch him and we wait for the time to admonish him.
To advise against wrongdoing
To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
To instruct or direct.
The neighborhood
- neighboradmonition
- neighboradmonitory
- neighbormonitor
- neighborpremonition
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at admonish. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at admonish. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at admonish
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA