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mon⋅ish

  [mon-ish]
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–verb (used with object) Archaic.
to admonish.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME monisshen, prob. aph. var. of amonisshen to admonish
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mon·ish   (mŏn'ĭsh)   
tr.v.   mon·ished, mon·ish·ing, mon·ish·es
To admonish; warn.

[Middle English monesten, monishe, from Old French monester, from Vulgar Latin *monestāre, alteration of Latin monēre, to warn; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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