Category:Remonstrate

Re*mon"strate (-strt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remonstrated (-str; p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating.] Etym: [ll. remonstratus, p. p. of Remonstrare to remonstrate; l. pref. re- + monstrare to show. See Monster.]

Defn: to point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; Hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [obs.] Jer. Taylor. I will remonstrate to you the third door. B. Jonson.

Remonstrate Re*mon"strate, v. i.

Defn: to present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, Or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with A person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed Taxation. It is proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and To remonstrate against any growing corruptions in practice, and Especially in principles. Waterland.

Syn. -- expostulate, remonstrate. These words are commonly Interchangeable, the principal difference being that expostulate is Now used especially to signify remonstrance by a superior or by one In authority. A son remonstrates against the harshness of a father; a Father expostulates with his son on his waywardness. Subjects Remonstrate with their rulers; sovereigns expostulate with the Parliament or the people.