expostulate

(ĭk-spŏs'chə-lāt')
intr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.
To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate. See synonyms at object.

[Latin expostulāre, expostulāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + postulāre, to demand.]

expostulation ex·pos'tu·la'tion n.
expostulator ex·pos'tu·la'tor n.
expostulatory ex·pos'tu·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) or ex·pos'tu·la'tive adj.

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verb

To express opposition, often by argument: challenge, demur, except, inveigh, object, protest, remonstrate. Informal kick, squawk. Idioms: set up a squawk, take exception. See support/oppose.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends.

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• Reason and Rationale - expostulate: (vb) reason earnestly, usu. against something

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - argumentere imod, bebrejde

Nederlands (Dutch)
discussiëren

Français (French)
v. intr. - faire des remontrances, protester

Deutsch (German)
v. - protestieren, zurechtweisen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αντιτείνω, εναντιώνομαι, διαμαρτύρομαι, ενίσταμαι

Italiano (Italian)
protestare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - protestar

Русский (Russian)
протестовать, возражать, убеждать, увещевать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - amonestar, protestar, reconvenir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - protestera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
劝诫, 抗议, 忠告

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 勸誡, 抗議, 忠告

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 충고하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - いさめる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعنف, يجادل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮מחה, התווכח, נזף‬

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