'Expostulate' definitions:
Definition of 'expostulate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
Definition of 'Expostulate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong. --Jowett (Thuc. ).
- Syn: To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Expostulate'
From: GCIDE
- Expostulate \Ex*pos"tu*late\, v. t. To discuss; to examine. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'expostulate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admonish,
- argue,
- beef,
- bitch,
- boggle,
- boycott,
- call in question,
- caution,
- challenge,
- charge,
- combat,
- complain,
- cry out against,
- daunt,
- debate,
- demonstrate,
- demonstrate against,
- demur,
- discuss,
- dispute,
- dissuade,
- encourage,
- enjoin,
- enter a protest,
- except,
- exhort,
- fight,
- frighten off,
- holler,
- howl,
- incite,
- induce,
- intimidate,
- inveigh against,
- issue a caveat,
- kick,
- kid out of,
- march,
- move,
- object,
- oppose,
- persuade,
- picket,
- preach,
- press objections,
- prompt,
- protest,
- raise a howl,
- rally,
- remonstrate,
- resist,
- scruple,
- sit in,
- squawk,
- state a grievance,
- strike,
- talk out of,
- teach in,
- unpersuade,
- urge,
- warn,
- yell bloody murder