expostulate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct [(often) with with].

/ɛksˈpɒstjʊleɪt/ /ɛksˈpɑstjʊleɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-expostulate.wav

expostulate expostulates expostulating expostulated

From Latin expostulō (“demand, claim”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + postulate.

challenge demur except inveigh kick object protest remonstrate squawk

expostulatingly expostulative expostulatory unexpostulating

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