Remonstrate

v. i. [imp. & p. p. REMONSTRATED; p. pr. & vb. n. REMONSTRATING.] [L. Lat. remonstrare, remonstratum, from Lat. re, again, back, and monstrare, to show; It. rimostrare, Sp. remonstrar, O. Fr. remonstrer, N. Fr. remontrer.]

1Sense 1. To re-present; to explain again; to set forth; to show clearly. [Obs.]

I will remonstrate to you the third door. B. Jonson.

2Sense 2. To exhibit or present strong reasons against an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; to suggest urgent reasons in opposition to a measure.

Synonyms— To expostulate; reprove. — REMONSTRATE, EXPOSTULATE. We expostulate when we unite argument and entreaty to dissuade some one from the course he has chosen. When we remonstrate, we go further, and show or set forth, in the strongest terms, the danger or the guilt of his pursuing it. We remonstrate with a person, and against the course he has adopted. “Expostulations end well between lovers, but ill between friends.” Spectator. “It is the proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing corruptions in practice, and especially in principles.” Waterland.

v. t. To show by a strong representation of reasons. [Obs.]