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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Expostulate \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.
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Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring
accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
--Jowett
(Thuc. ).
Syn: To remonstrate; reason. See {Remonstrate}.
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