Remonstrate \Re*mon"strate\ (-str?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Remonstrated (-str?*t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating.]
[LL. remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L.
pref. re- + monstrare to show. See Monster.]
To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest;
hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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I will remonstrate to you the third door. --B. Jonson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Remonstrate \Re*mon"strate\, v. i.
To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure,
or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to
remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to
remonstrate against proposed taxation.
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It is proper business of a divine to state cases of
conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing
corruptions in practice, and especially in principles.
--Waterland.
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Syn: Expostulate, Remonstrate.
Usage: These words are commonly interchangeable, the
principal difference being that expostulate is now
used especially to signify remonstrance by a superior
or by one in authority. A son remonstrates against the
harshness of a father; a father expostulates with his
son on his waywardness. Subjects remonstrate with
their rulers; sovereigns expostulate with the
parliament or the people.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
remonstrate
v 1: argue in protest or opposition
2: present and urge reasons in opposition [syn: point out]
3: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl
out, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
WordNet (r) 2.0
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "remonstrate":
admonish, beef, bitch, boggle, boycott, call in question, caution,
challenge, charge, combat, complain, complain loudly, confront,
contend with, cry out against, daunt, demonstrate,
demonstrate against, demur, dispute, dissent, dissuade, encourage,
enjoin, enter a protest, except, exhort, expostulate, face down,
face out, face up to, fight, frighten off, front, holler, howl,
incite, induce, intimidate, inveigh against, issue a caveat, kick,
kick against, kid out of, make a stand, march, meet head-on, move,
object, offer resistance, oppose, persuade, picket, preach,
press objections, prompt, protest, raise a howl, rally,
recalcitrate, reluct, resist, revolt, scruple, show fight, sit in,
squawk, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to,
state a grievance, strike, strive against, talk out of, teach in,
unpersuade, urge, warn, withstand, yell bloody murder
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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