Expostulate

v. i. [imp. & p. p. EXPOSTULATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXPOSTULATING.] [Lat. expostulare, expostulatum, from ex, out of, from, and 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 desist, or to make redress; to remonstrate; — followed by with. “I’ll not expostulate with her.” Shak.

Synonyms— To remonstrate; reason. See REMONSTRATE.

v. t. To discuss; to examine. [Obs.] To expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is. Shak.