expostulate
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expostulate
- /ɛksˈpɒstjʊleɪt/ UK
- /ɛksˈpɑstjʊleɪt/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin expostulō (“demand, claim”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + postulate.
verb expostulates · expostulating · expostulated
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To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct [(often) with with].
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 rati
Similar: challenge, demur, except, inveigh, kick, object, protest, remonstrate, squawk
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verb to protest
| Español | expostular |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | διαμαρτύρομαι diamartýromai, επιτιμώ epitimó |
| Русский | усовещивать usóveščivat’ |
Talk about this word "expostulate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/expostulate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. expostulate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/expostulate "expostulate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/expostulate.Cite this
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title = {expostulate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/expostulate},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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