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expostulate

(ɪkspɒstʃʊleɪt)

Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense expostulates, present participle expostulating, past tense, past participle expostulated

verb

If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone.

[formal]

'For heaven's sake!' Dot expostulated. 'They're cheap and they're useful.'. [VERB with quote]

For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate. [VERB]

His family expostulated with him. [VERB + with]

Synonyms: protest, reason (with), argue (with), dissuade More Synonyms of expostulate

expostulate in British English

(ɪkˈspɒstjʊˌleɪt)

verb

(intransitive; usually foll by with)

to argue or reason (with), esp in order to dissuade from an action or intention

Derived forms

expostulation (exˌpostuˈlation)

noun

expostulator (exˈpostuˌlator)

noun

expostulatory (exˈpostulatory) or expostulative (exˈpostulative)

adjective

Word origin

C16: from Latin expostulāre to require, from postulāre to demand; see postulate

expostulate in American English

(ɛkˈspɑstʃəˌleɪt; ɪkˈspɑstʃəˌleɪt)

verb intransitiveWord forms: exˈpostuˌlated or exˈpostuˌlating

to reason with a person earnestly, objecting to that person's actions or intentions;remonstrate (with)

SIMILAR WORDS: ˈobject

Derived forms

expostulation (exˌpostuˈlation)

noun

expostulator (exˈpostuˌlator)

noun

expostulatory (exˈpostulaˌtory) (ɛksˈpɑstʃələˌtɔri; ɪkˈspɑstʃələˌtɔri)

adjective

Word origin

< L expostulatus, pp. of expostulare, to demand vehemently, require < ex-, intens. + postulare: see postulate

Examples of 'expostulate' in a sentence
expostulate

For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate, still surrounded by books and papers.

(verb) in the sense of protest

`Have some sense!' he expostulated.

Synonyms

protest

Women took to the streets to protest against the arrests.

reason (with)

argue (with)

dissuade

remonstrate (with)

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单词	expostulate
释义	Trends of expostulate View usage for: expostulate (ɪkspɒstʃʊleɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense expostulates, present participle expostulating, past tense, past participle expostulated verb If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone. [formal] 'For heaven's sake!' Dot expostulated. 'They're cheap and they're useful.'. [VERB with quote] For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate. [VERB] His family expostulated with him. [VERB + with] Synonyms: protest, reason (with), argue (with), dissuade More Synonyms of expostulate expostulate in British English (ɪkˈspɒstjʊˌleɪt) verb (intransitive; usually foll by with) to argue or reason (with), esp in order to dissuade from an action or intention Derived forms expostulation (exˌpostuˈlation) noun expostulator (exˈpostuˌlator) noun expostulatory (exˈpostulatory) or expostulative (exˈpostulative) adjective Word origin C16: from Latin expostulāre to require, from postulāre to demand; see postulate expostulate in American English (ɛkˈspɑstʃəˌleɪt; ɪkˈspɑstʃəˌleɪt) verb intransitiveWord forms: exˈpostuˌlated or exˈpostuˌlating to reason with a person earnestly, objecting to that person's actions or intentions;remonstrate (with) SIMILAR WORDS: ˈobject Derived forms expostulation (exˌpostuˈlation) noun expostulator (exˈpostuˌlator) noun expostulatory (exˈpostulaˌtory) (ɛksˈpɑstʃələˌtɔri; ɪkˈspɑstʃələˌtɔri) adjective Word origin < L expostulatus, pp. of expostulare, to demand vehemently, require < ex-, intens. + postulare: see postulate Examples of 'expostulate' in a sentence expostulate For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate, still surrounded by books and papers. Malcolm, John WHISTLER IN THE DARK (2002) (verb) in the sense of protest `Have some sense!' he expostulated. Synonyms protest Women took to the streets to protest against the arrests. reason (with) argue (with) dissuade remonstrate (with) Nearby words of expostulate exposed exposition expository expostulate exposure expound express Synonyms of 'expostulate' expostulate Explore 'expostulate' in the dictionary
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