单词 | admonish |
释义 | admonish —admonisher, n. —admonishingly, adv. —admonishment, n. /ad mon"ish/, v.t. 1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something. 2. to reprove or scold, esp. in a mild and good-willed manner: The teacher admonished him about excessive noise. 3. to urge to a duty; remind: to admonish them about their obligations. [1275-1325; late ME admonish, amonesche, admonesse, amoness, ME a(d)monest (with -t later taken as ptp. suffix) < AF, OF amonester < VL *admonestare, appar. deriv. of L admonere to remind, give advice to (source of -est- uncert.), equiv. to ad- AD- + monere to remind, warn] Syn. 1. See warn. 2. rebuke, censure, upbraid. See reprimand. |
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