Remonstrate Definition

rĭ-mŏnstrāt, rĕmŏn-
remonstrated, remonstrates, remonstrating
verb
remonstrated, remonstrates, remonstrating
To say or plead in protest, objection, complaint, etc.
Webster's New World
To present and urge reasons in opposition or complaint; protest; object; expostulate.
Webster's New World
To point out; show; demonstrate.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

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

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Origin of Remonstrate

  • Medieval Latin remōnstrāre remōnstrāt- to demonstrate Latin re- re- Latin mōnstrāre to show (from mōnstrum portent monster)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From (the participle stem of) Late Latin remōnstrō, from Latin re- + mōnstrō.

    From Wiktionary

Remonstrate Sentence Examples

  • Walking by the river I paused to remonstrate gently with a fisherman.

  • Just before the books came, Mr. Gilman had begun to remonstrate with Miss Sullivan on the ground that I was working too hard, and in spite of my earnest protestations, he reduced the number of my recitations.

  • He treated it with increasing contempt, and the most that it could do was to remonstrate to the States-General.

  • Provided he left the tax-gatherer alone, the governor might squeeze what he could out of the people, while on the other hand, if he were humanely disposed, it was dangerous for him to remonstrate.

  • A Swedish archbishop, returning from Rome, had been seized by robbers, and as Frederick had not punished the offenders Adrian sent two legates to remonstrate.

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