Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - expostulate
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(expostulates, expostulating, expostulated) If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone. (FORMAL) ‘For heaven’s sake!’ Dot expostulated. ‘They’re cheap and they’re useful.’... For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate... His family expostulated with him. = remonstrate VERB: V with quote, V, V with n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb Etymology: Latin expostulatus, past participle of expostulare to demand, dispute, from ex- + postulare to ask for — more at postulate Date: 1573 transitive verb obsolete discuss, examine intransitive verb to reason earnestly with a person for purposes of dissuasion or remonstrance ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.intr. (often foll. by with a person) make a protest; remonstrate earnestly. Derivatives expostulation n. expostulatory adj. Etymology: L expostulare expostulat- (as EX-(1), postulare demand) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. уговаривать, увещевать, убеждать; разубеждать; стараться усовестить she expostulated with him on (upon, about) the impropriety of such conduct —- она пыталась убедить его в недопустимости такого поведения 2. протестовать, возражать to expostulate in vain —- напрасно (тщетно) протестовать 3. уст. жаловаться, пенять, сетовать 4. уст. спорить; рассуждать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) дружески пенять; увещевать (with - кого-л.; about, for, on - в чем-л.) One of the parents came to the school to expostulate about the childs examination results with the teacher. 2) спорить 3) протестовать ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1534, from L. expostulatus, pp. of expostulare "to demand urgently, remonstrate," from ex- intensive prefix + postulare "to demand." Friendlier sense is first recorded in Eng. 1574. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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