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# expostulate

verb (expostulates, expostulated, expostulating)

«expostulate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «expostulate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expostulate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«expostulate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/expostulate.html) on Mova free.