| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Expostulate.[Websters]
2. To be disputed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have admonished, scolded or preached. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have reproved, deprecated, criticized or grumbled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have exhorted, counselled or recommended. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have reproached or reprimanded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have argued, persuaded or convinced. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have rebuked or snubbed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have quarrelled or contested. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have opposed, complained, muttered or moaned.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb expostulate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (expostulate) | 1. Reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion.[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. To discuss; to examine.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: expostulating, expostulated, expostulates, expostulator, expostulators, expostulatingly and expostulatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXPOSTULATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
Specialty Definition: expostulate
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To reason earnestly with a person, on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to desist, or to make redress; followed by with. The emperor's embassador expostulated with the king, that he had broken the league with the emperor.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To protest or remonstrate. 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe The tears would run plentifully down my face when I made these reflections; and sometimes I would expostulate with myself why Providence should thus completely ruin His creatures, and render them so absolutely miserable; so without help, abandoned, so entirely depressed, that it could hardly be rational to be thankful for such a life. (references) | ||
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