n. [ OE. amonicioun, OF. amonition, F. admonition, fr. L. admonitio, fr. admonere. See Admonish. ] Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Admonisher. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Admonitory. [ R. ] Barrow. --
n. [ L. ] Admonisher; monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Conscience is at most times a very faithful and prudent admonitor. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Admonitory. [ R. ] “An admonitorial tone.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ LL. admonitorius. ] That conveys admonition; warning or reproving;
n. [ L. ] A female admonitor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; L. Ammon, Gr. &unr_; an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an. Egyptian god, Amun. ] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called
a. [ Ammonite + -ferous. ] Containing fossil ammonites. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Ammonite + -oid. ] (Zool.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ L. commonitio. See Monition. ] Advice; warning; instruction. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Monitory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Only commemorative and commonitive. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. commonitorius. ] Calling to mind; giving admonition. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. Same as Laumontite. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ So called from Maestricht, a town in Holland. ] (Paleon.) The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One devoted to the acquisition of wealth or the service of Mammon. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster. ]
Sage monitions from his friends. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
We have no visible monition of . . . other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Conveying admonition; admonitory. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. monere. See Monition, and cf. Mentor. ]
You need not be a monitor to the king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Monitor top,
a.
adv. In a monitorial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A nozzle capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane and having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. The post or office of a monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. monitorius. ] Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning. [ 1913 Webster ]
Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A Mormon. --
a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to pneumonitis. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Pneumo-, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. praemonitio. See Premonish. ] Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning;
n. [ L. praemonitor. ] One who, or that which, gives premonition. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. praemonitorius. ] Giving previous warning or notice;
n. [ LL. submonitio. ] Suggestion; prompting. [ R. ] T. Granger. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphantimonious acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.) A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also