Expostulate
[ɪk'spɒstjʊleɪt;ek-] or [ɪk'spɑstʃulet]
Definition
(verb.) reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion.
Typist: Manfred--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) 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.
(v. t.) To discuss; to examine.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Remonstrate, reason earnestly (for dissuasion), urge reasons (against any course).
Typist: Vern
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Object, remonstrate
ANT:Coincide, abet
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Definition
v.i. to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct: to remonstrate: (Shak.) to discuss: (Milt.) to claim.—n. Expostulā′tion act of expostulating or reasoning earnestly with a person against his conduct: remonstrance.—adjs. Expost′ulative Expost′ulatory containing expostulation.—n. Expost′ulator.
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Examples
- As we left her standing in the road, Mr. Murdstone came up to where she was, and seemed to expostulate with her for being so moved. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Miss Keeldar, feeling her tremble in every limb, ceased to expostulate with her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then D'Arnot would expostulate with him, saying: You must not eat like a brute, Tarzan, while I am trying to make a gentleman of you. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Sometimes, when the day was very unfavourable, his sisters would expostulate. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Sir Pitt went and expostulated with his sister-in-law upon the subject of the dismissal of Briggs and other matters of delicate family interest. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Think of the look of the thing,' expostulated Mr. Pickwick; 'have some regard to appearances. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Don't go and have all the crying to yourself,' expostulated Maggy, 'that an't not being greedy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That same night after Adrian's departure, her mother had warmly expostulated with her on the subject of her attachment to me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Cinderella, dear child,' the old man expostulated, 'will you never rest? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I expostulated with him, but in vain; neither would he so much as tell me who their new captain was. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Come, come now, uncle, expostulated Shirley, do not begin to fret and fume, or we shall make no sense of the business. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was not a soul there save the two whom I had followed and a surpliced clergyman, who seemed to be expostulating with them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I received a rather sharp letter from the New York office expostulating for this EXTRAVAGANT EXPENDITURE, and stating that great economy must be observed in future! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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