Ex*pos"tu*late (?; 135), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Expostulated(?);p. pr. & vb. n. Expostulating.] [L. expostulatus, p.p. of expostulare to demand vehemently; ex out + postulare to ask, require. See Postulate.]
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.
Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
Jowett (Thuc. ).
Syn. -- To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate.
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Ex*pos"tu*late, v. t.
To discuss; to examine.
[Obs.]
To expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is.
Shak.
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