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1. (v.i.) expostulate
to reason earnestly with someone by way of warning or rebuke.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L expostulātus, ptp. of expostulāre. See ex -1, postulate)
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1. (verb) expostulate
reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
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1. (verb) expostulate
to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with
2. (verb) expostulate
to discuss; to examine
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