About The Word Expostulate

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Expostulate

Expostulate Meaning & Definition
Expostulate Definition And Meaning

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

See Also | argue | reason

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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