ADMONISH Meaning of ADMONISH in English ■ verb reprimand firmly. ↘earnestly urge or warn.Derivatives~ment noun OriginME amonest 'urge, exhort', from OFr. amonester , based on L. admonere 'urge by warning'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004