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admonishad‧mon‧ish /ədˈmɒnɪʃ $ -ˈmɑː-/ verb [transitive] admonishOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French admonester, from Latin admonere ‘to warn’, from ad- ‘to’ + monere ‘to warn’ VERB TABLEadmonish |
Present | I, you, we, they | admonish | | he, she, it | admonishes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | admonished | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have admonished | | he, she, it | has admonished | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had admonished | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will admonish | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have admonished |
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Present | I | am admonishing | | he, she, it | is admonishing | | you, we, they | are admonishing | Past | I, he, she, it | was admonishing | | you, we, they | were admonishing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been admonishing | | he, she, it | has been admonishing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been admonishing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be admonishing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been admonishing |
- Before he released the panel, Weisberg admonished jurors to avoid the massive publicity generated by their verdicts.
- Go ahead, admonished the voice, but see if you can look yourself in the eye tomorrow morning.
- He then proceeded tactfully to admonish the theorists of botany in order to protect the practitioners of gardening.
- No wonder I was constantly admonished by my father to summon all my meager spiritual resources and be on my best behavior.
- Perhaps he had been surprised to be greeted by an adult who didn't either admonish or cross-examine him.
- Though admonished not to by the funeral director, I want to touch her.
formal to tell someone severely that they have done something wrongadmonish somebody for (doing) something The witness was admonished for failing to answer the question.—admonishment noun [countable] |