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▪ I. admonishing, vbl. n.|ædˈmɒnɪʃɪŋ| [f. admonish + -ing1.] The action of exhorting, cautioning or authoritatively counselling, or of notifying; admonition. (Now mostly gerundial.)
c1374Chaucer Boeth. (1868) 149 Certys ryȝtful is þin amonestyng and ful digne by auctorite. 1375Barbour Bruce iv. 533 We haf thre thingis, That makis vs amonestyngis For to be vorthy. 1570R. Ascham Scholem. (Arb.) 28 Cherefull admonishinge, and heedefull amendinge of faultes. a1688Bunyan Mr. Badman (1767) I. 738, I cannot conceive since their sin was so conspicuous that my admonishing the world thereof should turn to their detriment. Mod. Tired of admonishing them in vain. ▪ II. admonishing, ppl. a.|ædˈmɒnɪʃɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Warning, advising.
1611Cotgr., Monitoire, monitory, monishing, admonishing. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt IV. xxxvii. 58 He would be to her as if he belonged to the solemn admonishing skies. |