All 4 Uses of
admonish
in
Moby Dick
- And let me in this place movingly admonish you, ye ship-owners of Nantucket!†
Chpt 34-36 *
- Be all this as it may, his voice was now often heard hailing the three mast-heads and admonishing them to keep a bright look-out, and not omit reporting even a porpoise.†
Chpt 46-48
- Now, as many Sperm Whales had been captured off the western coast of Java, in the near vicinity of the Straits of Sunda; indeed, as most of the ground, roundabout, was generally recognised by the fishermen as an excellent spot for cruising; therefore, as the Pequod gained more and more upon Java Head, the look-outs were repeatedly hailed, and admonished to keep wide awake.†
Chpt 85-87
- "The rods! the rods!" cried Starbuck to the crew, suddenly admonished to vigilance by the vivid lightning that had just been darting flambeaux, to light Ahab to his post.†
Chpt 118-120
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