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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 1.6 [wn]:
expostulate
v : reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
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