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Meanings of admonish in English

Portuguese
exortar
Catalan
amonestar
Spanish
prevenir

Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior.

exortar
Portuguese
repreender
Catalan
reprovar
Spanish
reñir

Take to task.

repreender

To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to another person.

Usage of admonish in English
1
In all his life, I never had to admonish my son once.
A Minstrel in France
2
Sir, I admonish the people against the object of outcries like these.
The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
3
He quickly returned to the article before Clare could admonish him again.
Paths of glory
4
Naughty boys pelted him with rocks, and I thought to admonish them.
The diary of mattie spenser
5
Confucius replied: Faithfully admonish your friend, and kindly try to lead him.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01: The Old Pagan Civilizations
6
His father had never done anything for him except to admonish him.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
7
Y: Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
8
The Master said, 'Faithfully admonish your friend, and skillfully lead him on.
The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics)
9
Officials tracked him using cameras and sent public security officers to admonish him.
Reuters
10
The poor may admonish the rich, and the rich the poor.
A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 / Taken from a View of the ...
11
Reutzio, the court chaplain, who sat in the coach, to admonish the crowd.
Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Rei...
12
So we watch him and we wait for the time to admonish him.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
13
I admonish you not hastily to desert the path of loyally and duty.
The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
14
With simple but earnest words does she admonish him against his fatal resolution.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
15
And let me in this place movingly admonish you, ye ship-owners of Nantucket!
Moby Dick
16
Threepio continued to admonish him, to warn him he was making a mistake.
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
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