Ad·mon·ish v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admonished p. pr. & vb. n. Admonishing.]
 1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. “Admonish him as a brother.”
 2. To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause.
    Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns.   --Col. iii. 16.
 I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold
 The danger, and the lurking enemy.   --Milton.
 3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.
    Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle.   --Heb. viii. 5.

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 admonishing
      adj : expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
            [syn: admonitory, reproachful, reproving]