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ex⋅pos⋅tu⋅late
[ik-spos-chuh-leyt] 
tʃəˌleɪt
–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. |
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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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Expostulator
Ex*pos"tu*la`tor\ (?;135), n. One who expostulates. --Lamb.
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