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. [ L. cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; L. Ammon, Gr. &unr_; an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an. Egyptian god, Amun. ] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ammonite + -ferous. ] Containing fossil ammonites. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Ammonite + -oid. ] (Zool.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Chem.) A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Stibnite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. commonitio. See Monition. ] Advice; warning; instruction. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Monitory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Only commemorative and commonitive. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. commonitorius. ] Calling to mind; giving admonition. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect, founded in Würtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. leimw`n any moist grassy place, a meadow: cf. F. limonite, G. limonit. ] (Min.) Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called brown hematite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Laumontite. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from Maestricht, a town in Holland. ] (Paleon.) The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One devoted to the acquisition of wealth or the service of Mammon. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster. ] 1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sage monitions from his friends. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Information; indication; notice; advice. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have no visible monition of . . . other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Admiralty Practice) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Conveying admonition; admonitory. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. monere. See Monition, and cf. Mentor. ] 1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. [ 1913 Webster ]

You need not be a monitor to the king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (Varanus Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ So called from the name given by Captain Ericson, its designer, to the first ship of the kind. ] An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mach.) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A monitor nozzle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Monitor top, the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Done or performed by a monitor; as, monitorial work; conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial school; monitorial instruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a monitorial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A nozzle capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane and having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The post or office of a monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. monitorius. ] Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A female monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Mormon. -- a. Mormon. “Mormonite religion.” F. W. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to pneumonitis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Pneumo-, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ L. praemonitio. See Premonish. ] Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonitor. ] One who, or that which, gives premonition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praemonitorius. ] Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease. -- Pre*mon"i*to*ri*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ LL. submonitio. ] Suggestion; prompting. [ R. ] T. Granger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphantimonious acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors. [ 1913 Webster ]