un expostulating
tʃəˌleɪt 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.
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| —vb (usually foll by with) | |
| to argue or reason (with), esp in order to dissuade from an action or intention | |
| [C16: from Latin expostulāre to require, from postulāre to demand; see | |
| ex'postulatingly | |
| —adv | |
| expostu'lation | |
| —n | |
| ex'postulator | |
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| ex'postulatory | |
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expostulate
1530s, "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 English 1570s. Related: Expostulated; expostulating.
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