Both Uses
admonish
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
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- Forasmuch as, though your exterior would not command respect, my experience admonishes me that you are a man of education and not accustomed to drinking.†
Chpt 1.2 *admonishes = expresses disapproval; or warns or advises
- "Think a moment, mademoiselle," he began severely, but still, as it were, admonishing her.†
Chpt 5.3admonishing = expressing disapproval; or warning or advising
Definitions:
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(1)
(admonish) to express disapproval to someone of their actions; or to warn or advise someone -- sometimes in a friendly way
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)