mon1tory

& s. [Latin monitor i us, from monitus, pa. par. of moneo to remind, to admonish; Fr. monitoire; Sp. & Ital. mon i to rio.] A. As adj .: Warning; giving warning or admonition; admonitory. "Pause here, and think; a monitory rhyme Demands one moment of thy fleeting time." Cowper: Inscription for the Tomb of Mr. Hamilton . *B. As subst .: A warning, an admonition, a mon i tion. IMG:content-1355.png:[blocks in formation]