Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Admonished"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Admonish \Ad*mon"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Admonished}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Admonishing}.] [OE. amonesten, OF. amonester, F.
admonester, fr. a supposed LL. admonesstrare, fr. L. admonere
to remind, warn; ad + monere to warn. See {Monition}.]
1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly,
but seriously; to exhort. ``Admonish him as a brother.''
--2 Thess. iii. 15.

2. To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise;
to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of,
against, or a subordinate clause.

Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. --Col.
iii. 16.

I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold The
danger, and the lurking enemy. --Milton.

3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.

Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to
make the tabernacle. --Heb. viii.
5.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

admonished
adj : punished especially by reproof or reprimand [syn: {chastened},
{rebuked}, {reprimanded}, {reproved}]


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