— admonisher , n. — admonishingly , adv. — admonishment , n.
/ad mon"ish/ , v.t.
1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
2. to reprove or scold, esp. in a mild and good-willed manner: The teacher admonished him about excessive noise.
3. to urge to a duty; remind: to admonish them about their obligations.
[ 1275-1325; late ME admonish, amonesche, admonesse, amoness, ME a ( d ) monest (with - t later taken as ptp. suffix) amonester admonestare, appar. deriv. of L admonere to remind, give advice to (source of -est- uncert.), equiv. to ad- AD- + monere to remind, warn ]
Syn. 1. See warn. 2. rebuke, censure, upbraid. See reprimand .