REMONSTRATE

remonstrate

(verb) argue in protest or opposition

remonstrate, point out

(verb) present and urge reasons in opposition

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

remonstrate (third-person singular simple present remonstrates, present participle remonstrating, simple past and past participle remonstrated)

(intransitive) To object; to express disapproval (with, against).

(intransitive, chiefly, historical) Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.

(transitive, often with an object consisting of direct speech or a clause beginning with that) To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.

To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.

Synonyms

• demur, expostulate

Anagrams

• natrometers

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*mon"strate (-strt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remonstrated (-str; p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating.] Etym: [LL. remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L. pref. re- + monstrare to show. See Monster.]

Definition: To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. I will remonstrate to you the third door. B. Jonson.

Re*mon"strate, v. i.

Definition: 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. 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.

Syn.

– Expostulate, Remonstrate. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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