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Webster 1913 Edition
Expostulate
Ex-pos′tu-late
(?; 135)
, Verb.
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.
Syn. – To remonstrate; reason. See
Remonstrate
. Ex-pos′tu-late
,Verb.
T.
To discuss; to examine.
[Obs.]
To
What majesty should be, what duty is.
expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Expostulate
EXPOS'TULATE
,Verb.
I.
To reason earnestly with a person, on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to desist, or to make redress; followed by with.
The emperor's embassador expostulated with the king, that he had broken the league with the emperor.
EXPOS'TULATE
,Verb.
T.