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.
Ms. Britt showed no emotion at the hearing, and Maroc did not admonish her.
"You don't drink alcohol," the posters admonish.
And many parents have overreacted to researchers' warnings that television-addicted children would grow obese; nutritionists had to admonish parents not to take all the fat out of their children's diets.
At one point in the trial, he said, he felt compelled to admonish lawyers for both sides to stay away from the jurors.