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 ]