Both Uses of
admonish
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- I too was taken up and examin'd before the council; but, tho' I did not give them any satisfaction, they content'd themselves with admonishing me, and dismissed me, considering me, perhaps, as an apprentice, who was bound to keep his master's secrets.†
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- He us'd to visit me sometimes as a friend, and admonish me to attend his administrations, and I was now and then prevail'd on to do so, once for five Sundays successively.†
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