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Expostulate
Expostulate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Expostulate?
[v] reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
Synonyms | Synonyms for Expostulate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Expostulate: admonish | argue | beef | bitch | boggle | boycott | call in question | caution | challenge | charge | combat | complain | cry out against | daunt | debate | demonstrate | demonstrate against | demur | discuss | dispute | dissuade | encourage | enjoin | enter a protest | except | exhort | fight | frighten off | holler | howl | incite | induce | intimidate | inveigh against | issue a caveat | kick | kid out of | march | move | object | oppose | persuade | picket | preach | press objections | prompt | protest | raise a howl | rally | remonstrate | resist | scruple | sit in | squawk | state a grievance | strike | talk out of | teach in | unpersuade | urge | warn | yell bloody murder Expostulate In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*pos"tu*late\ (?; 135), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Expostulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expostulating}.] [L.
expostulatus, p. p. of expostulare to demand vehemently; ex
out + postulare to ask, require. See {Postulate}.]
To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his
conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and
urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; --
followed by with.
Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring
accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
--Jowett
(Thuc. ).
Syn: To remonstrate; reason. See {Remonstrate}.
\Ex*pos"tu*late\, v. t. To discuss; to examine. [Obs.] To expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is. --Shak. |
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