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admonish (verb):
1a: to indicate duties or obligations to
b: to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner
2: to give friendly earnest advice or encouragement to
3: to say (something) as advice or a warning
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Current meanings of admonish have strayed slightly from its history. Admonish was borrowed in the 14th century (via Anglo-French amonester) from Vulgar Latin admonestare, which itself is probably a derivative of admonestus, the past participle of the Latin verb admonere, meaning “to warn.” Admonere, in turn, was formed by the combination of the prefix ad- and monere, “to warn.” Other descendants of monere in English include monitor, monitory (“giving a warning”), premonition, and an archaic synonym of admonish, monish. Incidentally, admonish has a number of other synonyms as well, including reprove, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, and chide.
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