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Expostulation

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ex·pos·tu·late  (k-spsch-lt)
intr.v. ex·pos·tu·lat·ed, ex·pos·tu·lat·ing, ex·pos·tu·lates
To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate. See Synonyms at object.
[Latin expostulre, expostult- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + postulre, to demand; see prek- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·postu·lation n.
ex·postu·lator n.
ex·postu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr), ex·postu·lative adj.
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Noun1.Expostulationexpostulation - the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
objection, remonstrance, remonstration
communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"
2.expostulation - an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof
exclaiming, exclamation - an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"
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Use also such persons as affect the business, wherein they are employed; for that quickeneth much; and such, as are fit for the matter; as bold men for expostulation, fair-spoken men for persuasion, crafty men for inquiry and observation, froward, and absurd men, for business that doth not well bear out itself.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire, Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor Now - now to sit, or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
But though Mrs Miller did not refrain from a short expostulation in private at their first meeting, yet the occasion of his being summoned downstairs that morning was of a much more agreeable kind, being indeed to perform the office of a father to Miss Nancy, and to give her in wedlock to Mr Nightingale, who was now ready drest, and full as sober as many of my readers will think a man ought to be who receives a wife in so imprudent a manner.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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