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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke