You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
monition, process of monition
(noun) a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted
admonition, monition, warning, word of advice
(noun) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); “a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality”; “the warning was to beware of surprises”; “his final word of advice was not to play with matches”
admonition, admonishment, monition
(noun) a firm rebuke
Source: WordNet® 3.1
monition (plural monitions)
A caution or warning. [from 14th c.]
A legal notification of something. [from 15th c.]
A sign of impending danger; an omen. [from 15th c.]
• (caution or warning): caution, exhortation, warning
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*ni"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster.]
1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution. Sage monitions from his friends. Swift.
2. Information; indication; notice; advice. We have no visible monition of ... other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder.
3. (Admiralty Practice)
Definition: A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
4. (Eccl. Law)
Definition: An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 June 2025
(noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.