monish
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English monesten. See admonish, monition.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]monish (third-person singular simple present monishes, present participle monishing, simple past and past participle monished)
- (archaic) To admonish; to warn.
- a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC:
- monish him gently
References
[edit]- “monish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.