Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To admonish; warn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To admonish; warn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Archaic To admonish; to warn. See
admonish .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic To
admonish ; towarn .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
- verb warn strongly; put on guard
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yes, I vill give you ... free hundred pounds for de fair half ... de monish in your hand.
Ralph Rashleigh 2004
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Py mine vord, I never did know de monish so shcarce in all de days of my life; and is pesides, if I was to porrow so mosh, to puy all dis lot of trinkets, ven de devil you tink I get all my monish pack again?
Ralph Rashleigh 2004
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Their general tenants are speculative Jew clothesmen who have bought them "vorth the monish" (at tenth hand), seedy chamber counsel, or still more seedy collectors of rents.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 Various
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"You had bettair make up your mind to pay ze monish," said Captain
The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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"Yees, Baxter, but za had not mooch monish wid zem."
The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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"Nix, Doctor; I pays no monish till I knows where am I sick," and she abruptly left the room.
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You put Matty's head to de schissors, an 'take him all off, und you shteal den her monish.
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You is cut off Matty's head; you is got de monish, five tollars, vat I tells you he is vort; now tell me what for you gifs dis five tollars to dis pad poy, a poy so vorse as I do not know.
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"Vengeance is but de breath of de vind; it blow for you one day, it blow against you de next; de only real good is monish."
Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873
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Me lack-a de monish pour de feene -- very feene -- French knack, de feene gold button, de brave bugla lace, a de feene gold ring-a.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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