Admonisheth

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To provide a warning or reproach aimed at influencing positive behavior
2. To issue a caution or reprimand with the intent of encouraging improvement
3. To offer a mild warning or correction intended to guide behavior in a better direction

Etymology: "Admonisheth" is an archaic third-person singular form of "admonish," the verb that is still used today with the sense of gently or firmly warning someone about a fault. Its archaic ending "-eth" was the standard way to conjugate verbs in older English, so "admonisheth" means "admonishes" as it would have appeared in earlier writing. The root "admonish" came into Middle English as "a(d)monisshen," which may have passed through an unattested Old French form "*amonir," with the English "-ish" ending added on. Ultimately it comes from Latin "admoneō," meaning "to remind" or "to warn," which is built from "ad-" ("to") and "moneō" ("to warn, advise"). That same Latin root gives us "monitor" and "admonition."

Synonyms: warns, cautions, advises, reprimands, scolds

Antonyms: encourages, approves, praises