Bible Dictionaries
Expostulate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To discuss; to examine.

(2):

(v. i.) To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; - followed by with.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Expostulate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/expostulate.html. 1828.