Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Admonish

Admonish ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

[Old English amonesten, Old French amonester, French admonester, from a supposed Late Latin admonesstrare, from Latin 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