word of the day - remonstrate
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scottobearremonstrate \rih-MAHN-strayt; REH-mun-strayt\, intransitive
verb:
To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings -- usually used with 'with'.
transitive verb:
To say or plead in protest, opposition, or reproof.
If a hailstorm starts, surely instead of remonstrating with it, you try to take shelter. --Victor Pelevin, A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories
Remonstrate comes from Medieval Latin remonstrare, "to show again, to point back to, as a fault," from re- + monstrare, "to show."
verb:
To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings -- usually used with 'with'.
transitive verb:
To say or plead in protest, opposition, or reproof.
If a hailstorm starts, surely instead of remonstrating with it, you try to take shelter. --Victor Pelevin, A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories
Remonstrate comes from Medieval Latin remonstrare, "to show again, to point back to, as a fault," from re- + monstrare, "to show."
