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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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