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# expostulate

«expostulate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To protest or argue strongly, often in a complaint, to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (expostulates, expostulated, expostulating)

### meaning for a pupil

To protest or argue strongly, often in a complaint, to someone who has done something wrong or is about to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expostulate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a nurse, servant or cock speaks up and protests against a plan

### examples

- «But, Princess,» expostulated the nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expostulate/#x1)
- Mum expostulated when I came home late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expostulate/#x2)
- The cock expostulated from his perch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expostulate/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «expostulate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expostulate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.