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Ad*mit"ted (&?;), a. Received as true or valid; acknowledged. -- Ad*mit"ted*ly adv. Confessedly.

Ad*mit"ter (&?;), n. One who admits.

Ad*mix" (&?;), v. t. [Pref. ad- + mix: cf. L. admixtus, p. p. of admiscere. See Mix.] To mingle with something else; to mix. [R.]

Ad*mix"tion (?; 106), n. [L. admixtio.] A mingling of different things; admixture. Glanvill.

Ad*mix"ture (?; 135), n. [L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix.] 1. The act of mixing; mixture.

2. The compound formed by mixing different substances together.

3. That which is mixed with anything.

Ad*mon"ish (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admonished (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Admonishing.] [OE. amonesten, OF. amonester, F. admonester, fr. a supposed LL. admonesstrare, fr. L. admonere to remind, warn; ad + monere to warn. See Monition.] 1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. "Admonish him as a brother." 2 Thess. iii. 15.

2. To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause.

Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16.

I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold The danger, and the lurking enemy. Milton.

3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.

Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. Heb. viii. 5.

Ad*mon"ish*er (&?;), n. One who admonishes.

Ad*mon"ish*ment (-ment), n. [Cf. OF. amonestement, admonestement.] Admonition. [R.] Shak.

Ad`mo*ni"tion (&?;), n. [OE. amonicioun, OF. amonition, F. admonition, fr. L. admonitio, fr. admonere. See Admonish.] Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

Syn. -- Admonition, Reprehension, Reproof. Admonition is prospective, and relates to moral delinquencies; its object is to prevent further transgression. Reprehension and reproof are retrospective, the former being milder than the latter. A person of any age or station may be liable to reprehension in case of wrong conduct; but reproof is the act of a superior. It is authoritative fault-finding or censure addressed to children or to inferiors.

Ad`mo*ni"tion*er (&?;), n. Admonisher. [Obs.]

Ad*mon"i*tive (&?;), a. Admonitory. [R.] Barrow. -- Ad*mon"i*tive*ly, adv.

Ad*mon"i*tor (&?;), n. [L.] Admonisher; monitor.

Conscience is at most times a very faithful and prudent admonitor. Shenstone.

Ad*mon`i*to"ri*al (&?;), a. Admonitory. [R.] "An admonitorial tone." Dickens.

Ad*mon"i*to*ry (&?;), a. [LL. admonitorius.] That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. -- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly, (&?;), adv.

Ad*mon"i*trix (&?;), n. [L.] A female admonitor.

Ad*mor`ti*za"tion (&?;), n. [LL. admortizatio. Cf. Amortization.] (Law) The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain.

Ad*move" (&?;), v. t. [L. admovere. See Move.] To move or conduct to or toward. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ad*nas"cent (&?;), a. [L. adnascens, p. pr. of adnasci to be born, grow.] Growing to or on something else. "An adnascent plant." Evelyn.

Ad"nate (&?;), a. [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent, and cf. Agnate.] 1. (Physiol.) Grown to congenitally.