Translation
to admonish, to exhort
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Word origin
From Latin admonere, ad- 'to' plus monere 'to warn, to remind'. Monere also gave monster, by way of a portent that warns, and monument, the thing that reminds.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- admonere
- English cognates
- admonish, monitor, monument
Examples
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The father cautioned his son about the dangers of the road.
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She urged us to be more careful.
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The teacher had a serious word with the boy but did not punish him.
is the gentle corrective. You do it because you want the person to do better, and you do it before the thing goes wrong rather than after. The tone is a serious word rather than a telling-off.
That is what separates it from riproĉi, which is reproaching somebody for what they have already done, and from averti, which is a plain warning with no moral duty attached: you a driver about ice and you a friend about his drinking. Instigi pushes somebody towards an action; pushes them towards an obligation.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 21, lesson 3: admoni, instinkto, rampi and 7 more words.