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Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution. Sage monitions from his friends. Swift.

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

Admonisher. [Obs.]

Advice; warning; instruction. [Obs.] Bailey.

Previous warning or admonition; forewarning.

Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.

Suggestion; prompting. [R.] T. Granger.

Admonition. [R.] Shak.

That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. -- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly,, adv.

Admonition; advice; warning. [Obs.] Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement. Shak.

Monition; warning. [Obs.] Clarendon.

n the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition. Dryden.

Calling to mind; giving admonition. [Obs.] Foxe.

to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience. Studious of good, man disregarded fame. Blackmore.

Direction; command; authoritative admonition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition. I'll end my exhortation after dinner. Shak.

To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance. We were forewarned of your coming. Shak.

shed faith or prevailing religion. A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject. Titus iii. 10.

To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility. The most obvious and necessary duties of life they have not yet had authority enough to enforce and inculcate upon men's minds. S. Clarke.

To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. Listen to me, and by me be ruled. Tennyson. To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.] Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. Fuller.