Re*mon"strate (-str?t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Remonstrated (-str&?;*t&?;d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating.] [LL.
remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L.
pref. re- + monstrare to show. See Monster.]
To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence,
to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
I will remonstrate to you the third
door.
B. Jonson.
Re*mon"strate, v. i. To present and
urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of
proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person
regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed
taxation.
It is proper business of a divine to state cases of
conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing corruptions
in practice, and especially in principles.
Waterland.
Syn. -- Expostulate, Remonstrate. These words
are commonly interchangeable, the principal difference being that
expostulate is now used especially to signify remonstrance by a
superior or by one in authority. A son remonstrates against the
harshness of a father; a father expostulates with his son on
his waywardness. Subjects remonstrate with their rulers;
sovereigns expostulate with the parliament or the people.
Re*mon"strate (-str?t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Remonstrated (-str&?;*t&?;d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating.] [LL.
remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L.
pref. re- + monstrare to show. See Monster.]
To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence,
to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
I will remonstrate to you the third
door.
B. Jonson.
Re*mon"strate, v. i. To present and
urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of
proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person
regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed
taxation.
It is proper business of a divine to state cases of
conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing corruptions
in practice, and especially in principles.
Waterland.
Syn. -- Expostulate, Remonstrate. These words
are commonly interchangeable, the principal difference being that
expostulate is now used especially to signify remonstrance by a
superior or by one in authority. A son remonstrates against the
harshness of a father; a father expostulates with his son on
his waywardness. Subjects remonstrate with their rulers;
sovereigns expostulate with the parliament or the people.
