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Remonstrator

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re·mon·strate  (r-mnstrt)
v. re·mon·strat·ed, re·mon·strat·ing, re·mon·strates
v.tr.
To say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof.
v.intr.
To reason or plead in protest; present an objection. See Synonyms at object.

[Medieval Latin remnstrre, remnstrt-, to demonstrate : Latin re-, re- + Latin mnstrre, to show (from mnstrum, portent; see monster).]

remon·stration (rmn-strshn, rmn-) n.
re·monstra·tive (r-mnstr-tv) adj.
re·monstra·tive·ly adv.
re·monstrator n.


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They seemed to demonstrate considerable self-confidence whether in managing the affairs of the state as the chief minister or as censors or remonstrators in prosecuting authority figures or even in arguing against the emperor when he made a mistake or pursued an unwise policy.
If Galileo is the remonstrator and Newton the engineer, then Descartes is the author, the prophet and embodiment of the New Science.
 
 
 
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