remonstrating

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remonstrating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Remonstrate \Re*mon"strate\ (-str?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Remonstrated (-str?*t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating.]
     [LL. remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L.
     pref. re- + monstrare to show. See Monster.]
     To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest;
     hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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           I will remonstrate to you the third door. --B. Jonson.
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