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Definition of Expostulates

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

Meaning of Expostulates from wikipedia

- In argumentation, an objection is a reason arguing against a premise, argument, or conclusion. Definitions of objection vary in whether an objection is...
- to whose **** and quality nothing is so improper as either needless expostulations or over much curiosity in her own actions". The advice worked. James's...
- kie). As here, it expresses surprise, amu****t, satisfaction, mild expostulation, and the like. It has nothing like the meaning of the adjective OK,...
- The Vatican Decrees in their Bearing on Civil Allegiance: A Political Expostulation (1 ed.). London: John Murray. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via Internet...
- (1798) "Simon Lee" "We are Seven" "Lines Written in Early Spring" "Expostulation and Reply" "The Tables Turned" "The Thorn" "Lines Composed A Few Miles...
- the order had lessened. Mysticism, full of the ideas Albertus Magnus expostulated, became the devotion of the greatest minds and hands within the organization...
- introduced to his illegitimate son Larry. Not realizing Larry is his son, he expostulates, "How dare you interrupt my lime rickey!" Dr. Jason Wilkes ordered a...
- Love is another connecting theme. In addition to the Augustinian loves expostulated in her dissertation, the phrase amor mundi (love of the world) is one...
- that he had found another woman. Her letters to him are full of needy expostulations, which most critics explain as the expressions of a deeply depressed...
- Determined Upon OVER THREE HUNDRED BALLOTS ARE MARKED Mr. Proudfoot Expostulates With Some Heat That No Man Who Voted Union Has Chance at Any Liberal...