admonish

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 19, 2013 is: admonish • \ad-MAH-nish\  • verb 1 a : to indicate duties or obligations to b : to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner 2 : to give friendly earnest advice or encouragement to Examples: The teacher admonished Jenny not to run in the hallways. "A struggling backup goaltender will stand up in the locker room during the intermission of a game in which he isn't playing, and he'll admonish his teammates to, essentially, stop being so stupid with the puck." - From an article by Dejan Kovacevic in TribLive, March 17, 2013 Did you know? We won't admonish you if you don't know the origins of today's word-its current meanings have strayed slightly from its history. "Admonish" was borrowed in the 14th century (via Anglo-French) from Vulgar Latin "admonestare," which is itself an alteration of the Latin verb "admonēre," meaning "to warn." "Admonēre," in turn, was formed by the combination of the prefix "ad-" and "monēre," "to warn." Other descendants of "monēre" in English include "monitor," "monitory" ("giving a warning"), "premonition," and even a now archaic synonym of "admonish," "monish." Incidentally, "admonish" has a number of other synonyms as well, including "reprove," "rebuke," "reprimand," "reproach," and "chide." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.