💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Expostulate"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| remonstrateverb | (intransitive) To object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against). |
| exhortverb | To urge; to advise earnestly. |
| repostulateverb | To postulate again. |
| redargueverb | (transitive) To disprove or refute (someone) in an argument. |
| preachverb | (transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. |
| reproveverb | (transitive) To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. |
| pleadverb | (ambitransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case. |
| take upverb | (transitive) To lift; to raise. |
| take exceptionverb | To take offense; to object or protest. [with to] |
| repleadverb | (law, ambitransitive) To present a rewritten argument. |
| sermonizeverb | (intransitive) To speak in the manner of a sermon; to preach; to propagate one's morality or opinions with speech. |
| propoundverb | (transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate. |
| postilnoun | A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture. |
| expositnoun | to expound |
| postillateverb | To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order. |
| exponeverb | (obsolete, UK or Scotland) To expound; to explain. |
| postulatenoun | Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption. |
| epistolizeverb | (archaic) To write epistles. |
| protestnoun | A formal objection, especially one by a group. |
| expoundverb | (transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length. |
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