This week's theme
Words with variant spellings

This week's words
durance
suasion
versal
monish
complice

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PRONUNCIATION:

(MON-ish)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To warn; to admonish.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French amonester (to warn, to urge), from Latin monere (to warn). Ultimately from the Indo-European root men- (to think) which is the source of mind, mnemonic, mosaic, music, mentor, money, mandarin, and Sanskrit mantra. Earliest documented use: before 1382.

USAGE:

"I believe that I have monished him with his greatest fears." Dan Clore; The Unspeakable and Others; Wildside Press; 2001.

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