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expostulate vi. 劝诫,忠告,抗议 劝诫,忠告,抗议 expostulate v 1: reason with ( somebody) for the purpose of dissuasionExpostulate \ 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]
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] 62 Moby Thesaurus words for " expostulate": 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
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