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Webster 1913 Edition
Remonstrate
Re-mon′strate
(-str?t)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Remonstrated
(-str[GREEK]-t[GREEK]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.
I will
remonstrate
to you the third door. B. Jonson.
Re-mon′strate
,Verb.
I.
To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate;
as, to
. remonstrate
with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate
against proposed taxationIt is proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and to
remonstrate
against any growing corruptions in practice, and especially in principles. Waterland.
Syn. –
Expostulate
, Remonstrate
. These words are commonly interchangeable, the principal difference being that expostulate is now used especially to signify remonstrance by a superior or by one in authority. A son remonstrates against the harshness of a father; a father expostulates with his son on his waywardness. Subjects remonstrate with their rulers; sovereigns expostulate with the parliament or the people.
Webster 1828 Edition
Remonstrate
REMON'STRATE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To exhibit or present strong reasons against an act, measure of any course of proceedings; to expostulate. Men remonstrate by verbal argument, or by a written exposition of reasons.2.
To suggest urgent reasons in opposition to a measure. conscience remonstrates against a profligate life.REMON'STRATE
,Verb.
T.