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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1492-1641

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Admoneis, Admonis(che, v. Also: admones, -ys, admonishe. [Late ME. admonest (Caxton), e.m.E. admonische (1534), late L. admonestāre. The earlier form is Amonest.] tr. To admonish, exhort, warn.(a) 1492 Myll Spectakle of Luf 273/13 (tharfor I requyre and admonys thé that … ). 1513 Doug. iii. vi. 23 (euery oracle admonyst that we … ). 1531 Bell. Boece II. 298 (the king was admonist to big ane abbay). a1570-86 Maitl. Maitland Folio MS clxxix. 66 (sic tribulatione sould thé admonis that … ). 1602 Colville Paraenese Ep. 2 (vhen ve admonis our freinds to renunce such vyces).(b) 1562 Aberd. Kirk S. 10 (be admoneist to desist). a1578 Pitsc. I. 86/17 (being admoneist to remember). 1603 Ellon Presb. 45 (to admoneis his wyff that … ).(c) 1566 Treasurer's Accounts XI. 506 (to admonische the lard to … ). 1641 Acts V. 562/2 (admonisched to compeir).

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