expostulatev.

/ɛkˈspɒstjʊleɪt/

Etymology: < Latin expostulāt- participial stem of expostulāre , < ex- (see ex- prefix¹) + postulāre , to demand: see postulate v.The Latin senses were 1. to demand; 2. to demand the reason for (a person's conduct); 3. to complain of injury; to remonstrate.

†1.

a. transitive. To ask for, demand, claim. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > demand

calla1300

yeiec1320

to ask account?c1450

to call for ——1479

demand1484

inquirea1513

expostulate1548

advocatea1575

to stand upon ——1577

postulate1605

to stand on ——1606

bespeak1677

to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831

requisition1874

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xlvj^v He hasted..with asmuch hast as the grauitie of the cause did requyre & expostulate.

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 108 Thei weare constrained to expostulat succors of the Romains.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) 112 To expostulat a certeine fauour.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon To Parl. sig. A4^v If men want manlinesse to expostulate the right of their due ransom.

1670 T. Culpeper Necessity abating Usury To Rdr. 3 To such as yet further expostulate my meaning, I answer.

†b. With indirect question as object: to demand how or why. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1650 E. Andrewe in F. Buckley True Relat. Tryal Col. Andrewe (1660) 71 Some may be so forward as to expostulate, why this great judgment is fallen upon me.

1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxxvi. 87 They expostulat how a man who was born blind..should presently know the shapes of Trees.

1688–9 Lady Russell Lett. II. lxxxiv. 11 I cannot..stay to expostulate why I would do so.

†2.

a. To complain of (grievances); to plead or remonstrate with a person about (conduct). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)]

threac897

threapc897

begripea1000

threata1000

castea1200

chaste?c1225

takec1275

blame1297

chastya1300

sniba1300

withnima1315

undernima1325

rebukec1330

snuba1340

withtakea1340

reprovec1350

chastisea1375

arate1377

challenge1377

undertake1377

reprehenda1382

repreync1390

runta1398

snapea1400

underfoc1400

to call to account1434

to put downc1440

snebc1440

uptakec1440

correptc1449

reformc1450

reprise?c1450

to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450

control1451

redarguec1475

berisp1481

to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522

checkc1530

admonish1541

nip1548

twig?1550

impreve1552

lesson1555

to take down1562

to haul (a person) over the coals1565

increpate1570

touch1570

school1573

to gather up1577

task1580

redarguate?1590

expostulate1592

tutor1599

sauce1601

snip1601

sneap1611

to take in tax1635

to sharp up1647

round1653

threapen1671

reprimand1681

to take to task1682

document1690

chapter1693

repulse1746

twink1747

to speak to ——1753

haul1795

to pull up1799

carpet1840

rig1841

to talk to1860

to take (a person) to the woodshed1882

rawhide1895

to tell off1897

to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900

to get on ——1904

to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908

strafe1915

tick1915

woodshed1935

to slap (a person) down1938

sort1941

bind1942

bottle1946

mat1948

ream1950

zap1961

elder1967

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. D2^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) They sometimes mildly..expostulate the iniury.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iv. sig. G2 Doe not expostulate the heauens will.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 314 Some..seemed to expostulate their greefe with God.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. i. §82. 466/2 The Emperour did expostulate the unseemliness of the deed with him.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) X. 192 Being smote upon the face, they expostulated the injury of the blow.

†b. To argue or debate (a matter) as an aggrieved person. Also in wider sense: to debate, argue out, discourse upon. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)]

dispute1340

discuss1402

reason?c1425

mootc1475

arguea1513

canvass1530

ventilate?1530

deliberate1536

devisea1538

expostulate1573

agitate1598

imparlc1600

exagitate1610

eventilate?1625

altercate1683

litigate1740

spar1744

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > accuse of or charge with > as aggrieved person

expostulate1573

aggrege1596

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 31 M. Osburn..must needs..expostulate the matter with your wurship.

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. M2^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Hauing at large expostulated my true meaning.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia 75 Powhatan began to expostulate the difference of Peace and warre after this manner. [Followed by a speech.]

1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 48 While he thus expostulated the case..she..clapt the window to.

1765 G. Colman tr. Terence Step-mother iv. vii, in tr. Terence Comedies 493 Let us expostulate the matter with her.

1789 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 123 Do not fail mildly to expostulate the case.

†c. To say or utter in expostulation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > talk (a person) out of > say in expostulation

expostulate1575

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 140^v We neede not feare the quareller, if wee expostulate no wordes with him.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxv. 75 Let me but expostulate a Word or two with you, Pamela.

†3. intransitive. (a) To complain, set forth one's grievances. (b) To discourse, discuss, dilate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]

murkeOE

misspeakOE

yomer971

chidea1000

murkenOE

grutch?c1225

mean?a1300

hum13..

plainta1325

gruntc1325

plainc1325

musea1382

murmurc1390

complain1393

contrary1393

flitec1400

pinea1425

grummec1430

aggrudge1440

hoinec1440

mutterc1450

grudge1461

channerc1480

grunch1487

repine1529

storm?1553

expostulate1561

grumblea1586

gruntle1591

chunter1599

swagger1599

maunder1622

orp1634

objurgate1642

pitter1672

yelp1706

yammer1794

natter1804

murgeon1808

groan1816

squawk1875

jower1879

grouse1887

beef1888

to whip the cat1892

holler1904

yip1907

peeve1912

grouch1916

nark1916

to sound off1918

create1919

moana1922

crib1925

tick1925

bitch1930

gripe1932

bind1942

drip1942

kvetchc1950

to rag on1979

wrinch2011

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 213 The complaintes..wherein the lord oftentimes doth expostulate of the vnkindenesse of the people.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. v. 135 Nay stand not to expostulate make hast.

1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. G4^v But for my haste, I would expostulate of other things.

a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea ii, in Wks. (1874) VI. 389 I cannot now stand to expostulate.

1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) vi. 467 Thou who..hast..Expostulated hours on Virtue's charms!

a1778 in J. Cook & J. King Voy. Pacific (1784) II. iii. ix. 152 They often expostulate, in a kind of stanza or recitative.

4. To make friendly remonstrances or representations for the purpose of reprehension or dissuasion; to reason or remonstrate in a friendly manner with (a person), about, for, on, or upon (a thing).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)]

reprovec1330

sniba1400

reprehend?a1439

expostulate1574

to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584

give it1594

reprimand1681

to pin a person's ears back1861

yell1886

to jump down a person's throat1916

to chew (a person's) ass1946

to slap (a person) down1960

the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (intransitive)] > dissuade

expostulate1574

1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 704 I haue great cause to expostulate with you for this your vnchristian..and most vniust handling of me.

1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King i. sig. C2 I have..Expostulated with my wandring thoughts.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 253 He'll give me leave to expostulate..about his Conduct.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiv. 411 The Keeper expostulated with him in vain upon the dishonour.

1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes iv. 290 I expostulated for the Non-performance of the late Conditions.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. iii. 93 The Count followed to expostulate and entreat.

1833 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) II. 8 An article from the Editor..expostulating with the imprudence of his ‘friends at Oxford’.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vii. 161 He expostulated with him on the impropriety of such conduct to strangers.

Derivatives

exˈpostulating n. the action of expostulate v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > dissuasion

dissuasion1526

dehortation1529

dehorting1553

dissuading1580

expostulating1592

expostulation1592

devitation1614

dehortment1656

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. D2^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) This kinde of Expostulating falleth most with persons of equality.

exˈpostulating adj. that expostulates.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adjective] > remonstrating

expostulatory1592

expostulating1637

remonstrating1660

deprecatory1704

remonstrant1773

remonstratory1823

expostulative1837

Protestant1844

deprecating1871

expostulant1880

deprecative1884

1637 W. Alexander Doomes-day (new ed.) x. lxxvii. 229 in Recreations with Muses The reprobate..Expostulating blasphemy doe use.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Feb. 6/4 Men, women, and children rushed past the excited and expostulating officers.

exˈpostulatingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adverb]

protestingly1758

remonstratingly1829

deprecatingly1836

remonstrantly1872

deprecatorily1873

deprecatively1879

expostulatingly1883

expostulatively1888

1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 697/1 She..laid her hand on one of his expostulatingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	expostulate
释义	expostulatev. /ɛkˈspɒstjʊleɪt/ Etymology: < Latin expostulāt- participial stem of expostulāre , < ex- (see ex- prefix¹) + postulāre , to demand: see postulate v.The Latin senses were 1. to demand; 2. to demand the reason for (a person's conduct); 3. to complain of injury; to remonstrate. †1. a. transitive. To ask for, demand, claim. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > demand calla1300 yeiec1320 to ask account?c1450 to call for ——1479 demand1484 inquirea1513 expostulate1548 advocatea1575 to stand upon ——1577 postulate1605 to stand on ——1606 bespeak1677 to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831 requisition1874 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xlvj^v He hasted..with asmuch hast as the grauitie of the cause did requyre & expostulate. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 108 Thei weare constrained to expostulat succors of the Romains. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) 112 To expostulat a certeine fauour. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon To Parl. sig. A4^v If men want manlinesse to expostulate the right of their due ransom. 1670 T. Culpeper Necessity abating Usury To Rdr. 3 To such as yet further expostulate my meaning, I answer. †b. With indirect question as object: to demand how or why. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1650 E. Andrewe in F. Buckley True Relat. Tryal Col. Andrewe (1660) 71 Some may be so forward as to expostulate, why this great judgment is fallen upon me. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxxvi. 87 They expostulat how a man who was born blind..should presently know the shapes of Trees. 1688–9 Lady Russell Lett. II. lxxxiv. 11 I cannot..stay to expostulate why I would do so. †2. a. To complain of (grievances); to plead or remonstrate with a person about (conduct). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. D2^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) They sometimes mildly..expostulate the iniury. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iv. sig. G2 Doe not expostulate the heauens will. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 314 Some..seemed to expostulate their greefe with God. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. i. §82. 466/2 The Emperour did expostulate the unseemliness of the deed with him. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) X. 192 Being smote upon the face, they expostulated the injury of the blow. †b. To argue or debate (a matter) as an aggrieved person. Also in wider sense: to debate, argue out, discourse upon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)] dispute1340 discuss1402 reason?c1425 mootc1475 arguea1513 canvass1530 ventilate?1530 deliberate1536 devisea1538 expostulate1573 agitate1598 imparlc1600 exagitate1610 eventilate?1625 altercate1683 litigate1740 spar1744 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > accuse of or charge with > as aggrieved person expostulate1573 aggrege1596 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 31 M. Osburn..must needs..expostulate the matter with your wurship. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. M2^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Hauing at large expostulated my true meaning. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia 75 Powhatan began to expostulate the difference of Peace and warre after this manner. [Followed by a speech.] 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 48 While he thus expostulated the case..she..clapt the window to. 1765 G. Colman tr. Terence Step-mother iv. vii, in tr. Terence Comedies 493 Let us expostulate the matter with her. 1789 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 123 Do not fail mildly to expostulate the case. †c. To say or utter in expostulation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > talk (a person) out of > say in expostulation expostulate1575 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 140^v We neede not feare the quareller, if wee expostulate no wordes with him. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxv. 75 Let me but expostulate a Word or two with you, Pamela. †3. intransitive. (a) To complain, set forth one's grievances. (b) To discourse, discuss, dilate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 213 The complaintes..wherein the lord oftentimes doth expostulate of the vnkindenesse of the people. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. v. 135 Nay stand not to expostulate make hast. 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. G4^v But for my haste, I would expostulate of other things. a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea ii, in Wks. (1874) VI. 389 I cannot now stand to expostulate. 1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) vi. 467 Thou who..hast..Expostulated hours on Virtue's charms! a1778 in J. Cook & J. King Voy. Pacific (1784) II. iii. ix. 152 They often expostulate, in a kind of stanza or recitative. 4. To make friendly remonstrances or representations for the purpose of reprehension or dissuasion; to reason or remonstrate in a friendly manner with (a person), about, for, on, or upon (a thing). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] reprovec1330 sniba1400 reprehend?a1439 expostulate1574 to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584 give it1594 reprimand1681 to pin a person's ears back1861 yell1886 to jump down a person's throat1916 to chew (a person's) ass1946 to slap (a person) down1960 the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (intransitive)] > dissuade expostulate1574 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 704 I haue great cause to expostulate with you for this your vnchristian..and most vniust handling of me. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King i. sig. C2 I have..Expostulated with my wandring thoughts. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 253 He'll give me leave to expostulate..about his Conduct. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiv. 411 The Keeper expostulated with him in vain upon the dishonour. 1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes iv. 290 I expostulated for the Non-performance of the late Conditions. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. iii. 93 The Count followed to expostulate and entreat. 1833 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) II. 8 An article from the Editor..expostulating with the imprudence of his ‘friends at Oxford’. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vii. 161 He expostulated with him on the impropriety of such conduct to strangers. Derivatives exˈpostulating n. the action of expostulate v. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > dissuasion dissuasion1526 dehortation1529 dehorting1553 dissuading1580 expostulating1592 expostulation1592 devitation1614 dehortment1656 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. D2^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) This kinde of Expostulating falleth most with persons of equality. exˈpostulating adj. that expostulates. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adjective] > remonstrating expostulatory1592 expostulating1637 remonstrating1660 deprecatory1704 remonstrant1773 remonstratory1823 expostulative1837 Protestant1844 deprecating1871 expostulant1880 deprecative1884 1637 W. Alexander Doomes-day (new ed.) x. lxxvii. 229 in Recreations with Muses The reprobate..Expostulating blasphemy doe use. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Feb. 6/4 Men, women, and children rushed past the excited and expostulating officers. exˈpostulatingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adverb] protestingly1758 remonstratingly1829 deprecatingly1836 remonstrantly1872 deprecatorily1873 deprecatively1879 expostulatingly1883 expostulatively1888 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 697/1 She..laid her hand on one of his expostulatingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < v.1548
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