Associations to the word «Expostulate»

Wiktionary

EXPOSTULATE, verb. To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct.

Dictionary definition

EXPOSTULATE, verb. Reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion.

Wise words

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Hippocrates