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Expostulated

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ex⋅pos⋅tu⋅late

  [ik-spos-chuh-leyt]
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–verb (used without object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling.
Origin:
1525–35; < L expostulātus demanded urgently, required (ptp. of expostulāre). See ex- 1 , postulate

Related forms:
ex⋅pos⋅tu⋅lat⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
ex⋅pos⋅tu⋅la⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
dispute, argue, protest; exhort, counsel.
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ex·pos·tu·late   (ĭk-spŏs'chə-lāt')   
intr.v.   ex·pos·tu·lat·ed, ex·pos·tu·lat·ing, ex·pos·tu·lates
To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate. See Synonyms at object.

[Latin expostulāre, expostulāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + postulāre, to demand; see prek- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·pos'tu·la'tion n., ex·pos'tu·la'tor n., ex·pos'tu·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē), ex·pos'tu·la'tive adj.
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Word Origin & History

expostulate 
c.1534, "to demand, to claim," from L. expostulatus, pp. of expostulare "to demand urgently, remonstrate," from ex- intensive prefix + postulare "to demand." Friendlier sense is first recorded in Eng. 1574.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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