Ad-mŏn’ish, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. ADMONISHED; p. pr. & vb. n. ADMONISHING.] [Lat. admonere, admonitum, from ad and monere, to remind, warn; Fr. admonéter, O. Fr. amonester, O. Eng. amoneste, Sp. & Pr. amonestar, from Lat. monitare, intens. of monere; Ger. mahnen.] 1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently, or with mildness. Count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 2 Thess. iii. 15. 2. To counsel against wrong practices; to caution or advise. Admonish one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. I admonished thee, foretold the danger, and the lurking enemy. Milton. 3. To instruct or direct; to inform. Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. Heb. viii. 5.