different between admonish vs acquaint

English

Etymology

From Middle English admonesten, admonissen, from Old French amonester (modern French admonester), from an unattested Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *admonestr?re, from Latin admone? (“remind, warn”), from ad + mone? (“warn, advise”). See premonition.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?m?n.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æd?m?n.??/

Verb

admonish (third-person singular simple present admonishes, present participle admonishing, simple past and past participle admonished)

1. (transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.

   Synonyms: reprimand, chide; see also Thesaurus:reprehend
2. (transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.

   Synonyms: caution; see also Thesaurus:advise
3. (transitive) To instruct or direct.

   Synonyms: inform, notify

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Anagrams

• modinhas

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad?mon??/

Verb

admonish (third-person singular present admonishes, present participle admonishin, past admonisht, past participle admonisht)

1. to admonish

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Etymology

From Middle English aqueinten, acointen, from Old French acointier, from Late Latin accognit?re, from Latin ad + cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know”), from con- + noscere (“to know”). See quaint, know.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kwe?nt/
• Hyphenation: ac?quaint
• Rhymes: -e?nt

Verb

acquaint (third-person singular simple present acquaints, present participle acquainting, simple past and past participle acquainted)

1. (transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.
2. (transitive, archaic, followed by of or that) To communicate notice to; to inform; let know.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To familiarize; to accustom.
   • October 2 1642, Isaac Basire, letter to John Evelyn

     What success it may further have I shall acquaint you at my coming over

Synonyms

• (to make familiar): familiarize
• (to communicate notice to): advise, apprise, inform; See also Thesaurus:inform
• (to familiarize; to accustom): habituate, inure

Translations

Adjective

acquaint (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Acquainted.

Related terms

• acquaintance
• acquainted

References

• acquaint in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• acquaint in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• acquaint at OneLook Dictionary Search