to expostulate with sb

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• 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• expostulate — /əkˈspɒstʃuleɪt / (say uhk sposchoohlayt), /ɛk / (say ek ) verb (i) (expostulated, expostulating) to reason earnestly with a person against something he or she intends to do or has done; remonstrate (on, or upon): to expostulate with him on the… …  

• expostulate — verb To protest or remonstrate. The tears would run plentifully down my face when I made these reflections; and sometimes I would expostulate with myself why Providence should thus completely ruin His creatures, and render them so absolutely… …   Wiktionary

• expostulate, postulate — Expostulate means to reason earnestly, to remonstrate, to demand : The policeman expostulated with the motorist about the dangers of fast driving. Postulate is derived from the same Latin word as expostulate but means to claim, assume, ask, or… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• expostulate — I verb admonish, advise against, animadvert upon, appeal against, argue, attempt to divert, cast reproach upon, castigate, caution, chastise, chide, convince to the contrary, correct, declaim against, dehort, deter, disapprove, discourage,… …   Law dictionary

• expostulate — [ek späs′chə lāt΄, ikspäs′chə lāt΄] vi. expostulated, expostulating [< L expostulatus, pp. of expostulare, to demand vehemently, require < ex , intens. + postulare: see POSTULATE] to reason with a person earnestly, objecting to that person… …   English World dictionary

• expostulate — [v] reason with argue, dissuade, oppose, protest, remonstrate; concept 46 …   New thesaurus

• expostulate — [[t]ɪkspɒ̱stʃʊleɪt[/t]] expostulates, expostulating, expostulated VERB If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone. [FORMAL] [V with quote] For heaven s sake! Dot expostulated. They re cheap and they re useful. ... For a… …   English dictionary

• expostulate — v. (formal) (D; intr.) ( to argue ) to expostulate about, on; with * * * [ɪk spɒstʃʊleɪt] on with (formal) (D; intr.) ( to argue ) to expostulate about …   Combinatory dictionary

• expostulate — verb Jim expostulated with the teacher s opinion to no avail Syn: remonstrate with, disagree with, argue with, take issue with, protest against, reason against, express disagreement with, raise objections to, rail against …   Thesaurus of popular words

• expostulate — expostulatingly, adv. expostulator, n. /ik spos cheuh layt /, v.i., expostulated, expostulating. to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the… …   Universalium