Admonishing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.
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              Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. --Col.
                                                    iii. 16.
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              I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold
              The danger, and the lurking enemy.    --Milton.
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     3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.
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              Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to
              make the tabernacle.                  --Heb. viii.
                                                    5.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  admonishing \admonishing\ adj.
     1. expressing adverse criticism as a corrective
  
     Syn: admonitory, reproachful, reproving
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  admonishing
       adj : expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
             [syn: {admonitory}, {reproachful}, {reproving}]