expostulate

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expostulate englannista suomeksi

To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct. (defdate)
(RQ:Defoe Robinson Crusoe)
(RQ:Carlyle Past and Present) he affectionately loved many persons to whom he never or hardly ever shewed a countenance of love. Once on my venturing to expostulate with him on the subject, he reminded me of Solomon: “Many sons I have; it is not fit that I should smile on them.”
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