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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold
The danger, and the lurking enemy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. Heb. viii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who admonishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. expressing adverse criticism as a corrective
Syn. -- admonitory, reproachful, reproving [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. OF. amonestement, admonestement. ] Admonition. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. amonicioun, OF. amonition, F. admonition, fr. L. admonitio, fr. admonere. See Admonish. ] Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Admonition, Reprehension, Reproof. Admonition is prospective, and relates to moral delinquencies; its object is to prevent further transgression. Reprehension and reproof are retrospective, the former being milder than the latter. A person of any age or station may be liable to reprehension in case of wrong conduct; but reproof is the act of a superior. It is authoritative fault-finding or censure addressed to children or to inferiors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Admonisher. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admonitory. [ R. ] Barrow. -- Ad*mon"i*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] Admonisher; monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conscience is at most times a very faithful and prudent admonitor. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admonitory. [ R. ] “An admonitorial tone.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. admonitorius. ] That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. -- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] A female admonitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. admortizatio. Cf. Amortization. ] (Law) The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. admovere. See Move. ] To move or conduct to or toward. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Eurylaimidæ, a family of East Indian passerine birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } (Med.) An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To admonish previously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. va&unr_;māl a woollen stuff, Dan vadmel. Cf. Wad a small mass, and Woodmeil. ] A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes. [ Spelled also wadmal, wadmeal, wadmoll, wadmel, etc. ] Beck (Draper's Dict.). Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]