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Definition of: expostulate
(ik·spos′chə·lāt) v.i. ·lat·ed, ·lat·ing
To reason earnestly with a person, against some action: usually with with. [<L expostu-latus, pp. of expostulare <ex- out + postulare demand]
—ex·pos′tu·la′tor noun
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