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Definition of Monishing
1. monish [v] - See also: monish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monishing
Literary usage of Monishing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Ecclesiastical Courts at by William Calverley Curteis (1844)
"... and to shew cause, if they had or knew any, why a monition should not issue
against them, monishing them to do effectually all such repairs to the said ..."
2. Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life by William Henry Herndon (1999)
"... monishing him not to give up the battle, he responded: "SPRINGFIELD, November
19, 1858. "MR. HENRY ASBURY, "My Dear Sir: - Yours of the 13th was ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Charles John Crompton, John Jervis, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1833)
"... and served on his said party on the 9th day of the said month, monishing him
to pay and satisfy the reverend Arthur Hubbard, clerk, the sum of 37l. ..."
4. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1879)
"order as is inclosed, oftentimes monishing the said Thick- penny that he should
use all dutiful submission towards his ordinary, &c. ..."
5. Collected Poems by Austin Dobson (1913)
"YOUTH, for whose ear and monishing of late, I sang of Prodigals and lost estate,
Have thou thy joy of living and be gay; But know not less that there must ..."
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