# expostulate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɛksˈpɒstjʊleɪt/

## Definitions
1. To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct [(often) with with].

## Etymology
From Latin expostulō (“demand, claim”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + postulate.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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