Expostulating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Expostulate \Ex*pos"tu*late\ (?; 135), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Expostulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expostulating}.] [L.
     expostulatus, p. p. of expostulare to demand vehemently; ex
     out + 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 make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; --
     followed by with.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring
           accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
                                                    --Jowett
                                                    (Thuc. ).
  
     Syn: To remonstrate; reason. See {Remonstrate}.
          [1913 Webster]