admonish

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to admonish (3ª persona sing. presente admonishes, participio presente admonishing, passato semplice e participio passato admonished)

  1. ammonire, diffidare, mettere in guardia qualcuno dal fare qualcosa, avvisare
  2. rimproverare, sgridare
  • IPA: /ædˈmɑn.ɪʃ/

dal francese admonester, a sua volta dal latino admoneo, "ammonire"

nel senso di "ammonire" o "avvisare" si utilizzano generalmente le preposizioni against o of per indicare ciò da cui si ammonisce; nel senso di "rimproverare" invece si utilizza di solito la preposizione for per ciò per cui si sta rimproverando