expostulated — ex·pos·tu·late || ɪk spÉ’stjÊŠleɪt v. protest against, dispute; admonish, council … English contemporary dictionary
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 — 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
expostulate — UK [ɪkˈspɒstʃʊleɪt] / US [ɪkˈspɑstʃəˌleɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms expostulate : present tense I/you/we/they expostulate he/she/it expostulates present participle expostulating past tense expostulated past participle expostulated very… … English dictionary
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
Expostulating — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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