expostulate meaning

• Verb: expostulate  ik'spóschu`leyt
  1. Reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion

  Derived forms: expostulates, expostulated, expostulating

  See also: expostulation

  Type of: argue, reason

• expostulate about so or sth:    [American slang]to ...

Examples

1. he wanted to plunge in and expostulate with her.
2. but the others turned on him, expostulating.
3. i expostulated with him with all the energy of which i was master.
4. she expostulated with her husband on his habit of smoking in bed.
5. she expostulated with her husband on his habit of smoking in bed.