admonish
- (transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
- (transitive) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
- (transitive) To instruct or direct.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English admonesten, admonissen, from Old French amonester (modern French admonester), from an unattested Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *admonestrāre, from Latin admoneō (“remind, warn”), from ad + moneō (“warn, advise”). See premonition.
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