a. ? Obs. rare–1. [f. L. admonit- ppl. stem of admonē-re to ADMONISH + -IVE, as if ad. L. *admonitīv-us.] Of or pertaining to admonition; admonitory.
a. 1677. Barrow, Serm. (1683), II. xxvi. 370. This kind of suffering to the devout Fathers did seem … full of instructive and admonitive emblemes.
