Both Uses
admonish
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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- Bailey sat down beside me, and that time didn't admonish me not to cry.†
p. 53.2admonish = express disapproval; or warn or advise
- He took his dinner off the stove where she had carefully covered it and which she had admonished us not to bother.†
p. 70.9 *admonished = expressed disapproval; or warned or advised
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)