Remonstrate

4 definitions found

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

  Remonstrate \Re*mon"strate\ (-str?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Remonstrated} (-str?*t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remonstrating}.]
     [LL. remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L.
     pref. re- + monstrare to show. See {Monster}.]
     To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest;
     hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.


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           I will remonstrate to you the third door. --B. Jonson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remonstrate \Re*mon"strate\, v. i.
     To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure,
     or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to
     remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to
     remonstrate against proposed taxation.
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           It is proper business of a divine to state cases of
           conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing
           corruptions in practice, and especially in principles.
                                                    --Waterland.
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     Syn: {Expostulate}, {Remonstrate}.
  
     Usage: These words are commonly interchangeable, the
            principal difference being that expostulate is now
            used especially to signify remonstrance by a superior
            or by one in authority. A son remonstrates against the
            harshness of a father; a father expostulates with his
            son on his waywardness. Subjects remonstrate with
            their rulers; sovereigns expostulate with the
            parliament or the people.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  remonstrate
       v 1: argue in protest or opposition
       2: present and urge reasons in opposition [syn: {point out}]
       3: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
          for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
          Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
          bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rebuke},
          {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw},
           {dress down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl
          out}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "remonstrate":
     admonish, beef, bitch, boggle, boycott, call in question, caution,
     challenge, charge, combat, complain, complain loudly, confront,
     contend with, cry out against, daunt, demonstrate,
     demonstrate against, demur, dispute, dissent, dissuade, encourage,
     enjoin, enter a protest, except, exhort, expostulate, face down,
     face out, face up to, fight, frighten off, front, holler, howl,
     incite, induce, intimidate, inveigh against, issue a caveat, kick,
     kick against, kid out of, make a stand, march, meet head-on, move,
     object, offer resistance, oppose, persuade, picket, preach,
     press objections, prompt, protest, raise a howl, rally,
     recalcitrate, reluct, resist, revolt, scruple, show fight, sit in,
     squawk, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to,
     state a grievance, strike, strive against, talk out of, teach in,
     unpersuade, urge, warn, withstand, yell bloody murder