ADMONISH

ADMON'ISH, verb transitive [Latin admoneo, ad and moneo, to teach, warn, admonish ]1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove with mildness.Count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 2 Thessalonians 3:15.2. To counsel against wrong practices; to caution or advise.Admonish one another in psalms and hymns. Colossians 3:16.3. To instruct or direct.Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. Hebrews 8:5.4. In ecclesiastical affairs, to reprove a member of the church for a fault, either publicly or privately; the first step of church discipline. It is followed by of, or against; as, to admonish of a fault committed, or against committing a fault. It has a like use in colleges.

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admonish. Admonish, v.t. to warn, reprove, advise, remind

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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. 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. 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. 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.