ex-postulate

[ik-spos-chuh-leyt]

ex·pos·tu·late

[ik-spos-chuh-leyt]
verb (used without object), ex·pos·tu·lat·ed, ex·pos·tu·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; < Latin expostulātus demanded urgently, required (past participle of expostulāre). See ex-1, postulate

ex·pos·tu·lat·ing·ly, adverb
ex·pos·tu·la·tor, noun
un·ex·pos·tu·lat·ing, adjective


dispute, argue, protest; exhort, counsel.

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