remonish

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ monish

Verb[edit]

remonish (third-person singular simple present remonishes, present participle remonishing, simple past and past participle remonished)

  1. (rare) To admonish again.
    • 1831, The Christian Observer - Volume 31, page 798:
      And to prosecute this matter, when the Jews were monished, remonished, prayed, threatened so oft by so many prophets, and all in vain, did not the Lord at the last bring upon them all those evils which he had threatened?
    • 1987, Kristine Elaine Dolan Stiles, The Destruction in Art Symposium (DIAS):
      As such it also helped to provide a transit away from the beleaguered position Auto-Destructive Art might have been perceived to have as the remonishing prophet of doom.
    • 2007, Maxwell Ervin, David James Carty (McCarty): Soldier of the American Revolution:
      This was a Regular Baptist church, and Thomas was remonished on more than one occasion for "drinking too much spiritous liquors", and was dismissed in 1845.