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- 1. express strong disapproval or disagreement: "I expostulated with him in vain"
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When you expostulate, you argue strongly against someone doing something. You might expostulate with your little brother, objecting to his plan to jump off the roof into a pile of leaves. Someone who expostulates has strong opinions about other people's plans or ideas and a desire to convince them to change their minds.
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From Latin expostulatus, past participle of expostulo (“demand, claim”) from ex- + postulo (“demand”).
(UK) IPA(key): /ɛksˈpɒstjʊleɪt/(General American) IPA(key): /ɛksˈpɑstjʊleɪt/expostulate (third-person singular simple present expostulates, present participle expostulating, simple past and past participle expostulated) 1. (intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct. [from 16th c.] 1.1. 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surpr...
Definitions of 'expostulate' If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone. [formal] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'expostulate' American English: ɪkspɒstʃəleɪt British English: ɪkspɒstʃʊleɪt. More. Conjugations of 'expostulate' present simple: I expostulate, you expostulate [...]
Definitions of 'expostulate' If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone. [formal] [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'expostulate' British English: ɪkspɒstʃʊleɪt American English: ɪkspɒstʃəleɪt. More. Conjugations of 'expostulate' present simple: I expostulate, you expostulate [...]
Define expostulate. expostulate synonyms, expostulate pronunciation, expostulate translation, English dictionary definition of expostulate. v. ex·pos·tu·lat·ed , ex·pos·tu·lat·ing , ex·pos·tu·lates v. intr. To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate.
Expostulate definition: to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate. See examples of EXPOSTULATE used in a sentence.
