expostulate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin expostulō (“demand, claim”) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- +‎ postulate. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɛksˈpɒstjʊleɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɛksˈpɑstjʊleɪt/ === Verb === expostulate (third-person singular simple present expostulates, present participle expostulating, simple past and past participle expostulated) (intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct [(often) with with]. [from 16th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== challenge, demur, except, inveigh, kick, object, protest, remonstrate, squawk ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Verb === expostulāte second-person plural present active imperative of expostulō