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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Expostulate \Ex*pos"tu*late\, v. t.
     To discuss; to examine. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To expostulate
           What majesty should be, what duty is.    --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Expostulate \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring
           accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
                                                    --Jowett
                                                    (Thuc. ).
  
     Syn: To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Expostulate \Ex*pos"tu*late\, v. t.
     To discuss; to examine. [Obs.]
  
           To expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is.
                                                    --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Expostulate \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  expostulate
       v : reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  expostulate
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly
  with a person on some impropriety of conduct. (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  expostulate
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly
  with a person on some impropriety of conduct. (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  expostulate
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly
  with a person on some impropriety of conduct. (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  expostulate
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly
  with a person on some impropriety of conduct. (from 16th c.)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  expostulate
     Englanti vb.
     valittaa tai nuhdella muodollinen ja/tai kohtelias

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  expostulate /ɛkspˈɒstjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  domlouvat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  expostulate /ɛkspˈɒstjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  protestieren, debattieren, disputieren 
        "expostulate with sb. about/on sth."  - mit jdm. über etw. debattieren
   see: expostulating, expostulated, expostulates, expostulated
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  expostulate /ɛkspˈɒstjʊlˌeɪt/
  nagovarati, savjetovati

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  expostulate /ɛkspˈɒstjʊlˌeɪt/
  1. with ile dostça tenkit etmek, uyarmak, ikaz etmek, nasihat etmek. expostula'tion  dostça tenkit, uyarma. expos'tula'tor  nasihat eden kimse. expos'tulator'y  tenkit veya ikaz kabilinden.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 劝诫,忠告,抗议;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vi. 劝诫,忠告,抗议

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