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Webster 1913 Edition


Monition

Mo-ni′tion

,
Noun.
[F., fr. L.
monitio
, from
monere
to warn, bring to mind; akin to E.
mind
. See
Mind
, and cf.
Admonish
,
Money
,
Monster
.]
1.
Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.
Sage
monitions
from his friends.
Swift.
2.
Information; indication; notice; advice.
We have no visible
monition
of . . . other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness.
Holder.
3.
(Admiralty Practice)
A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
4.
(Eccl. Law)
An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law.
Shipley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Monition

MONI'TION

,
Noun.
[L. monitio.]
1.
Warning; instruction given by way of caution; as the monitions of a friend.
2.
Information; indication.
We have no visible monitions of other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness.