The Only Use of
admonish
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Certainly, if the meteor kindled up the sky, and disclosed the earth, with an awfulness that admonished Hester Prynne and the clergyman of the day of judgment, then might Roger Chillingworth have passed with them for the arch-fiend, standing there with a smile and scowl, to claim his own.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(admonish) to express disapproval to someone of their actions; or to warn or advise someone -- sometimes in a friendly way