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Definition of: admonish
(ad·mon′ish) v.t.
1. To advise of a fault; administer mild reproof to.
2. To caution against danger or error; warn, as of something to be avoided: The gallows admonished the citizens against a life of crime.
3. To charge authoritatively; exhort; urge: He admonished me to follow him. [<OF amonester <LL ad-monestare <L admonere <ad- to + monere warn]
—ad·mon′ish·er noun
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