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mone¹
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English monien, from Old English monian, manian (“to bring to mind what ought to be done, urge upon one what ought to be done, admonish, warn, exhort, instigate, bring to mind what should not be forgotten, remind, suggest, prompt, tell what ought to be done, teach, instruct, advise, claim, demand, ask of a person, remember”), from Proto-Germanic *manōną (“to admonish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mania (“to admonish”), Dutch manen (“to admonish”), German mahnen (“to remind, admonish, urge”).
verb mones · moning · moned
- To admonish; advise; explain.
mone²
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English mone, alteration (affected by monien (“to admonish”)) of *mine (“mind”), from Middle English minen, mynen, munen, from Old English ġemynan, ġemunan (“to remember”). More at mind.
noun mones
- Mind; preference. A cumber-world, yet in the world am left, / A fruitles plot, with brambles ouergrowne, / Miſliued man of my vvorlds ioy bereft, / Hart-breaking cares the ofspring of my mone.
mone³
Where it comes from
Alternative spellings.
verb mones · moning · moned
- Obsolete spelling of moan
Mone⁴
noun
- Archaic form of Mon (“a people of Myanmar and Thailand”).
proper noun
- Archaic form of Mon (“language”).
Mone⁵
Where it comes from
From the Irish surname, spelling variant of Mohan.
proper noun Mones
- A surname.
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