remonstrate
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remonstrate /ˈrɛmənstreɪt/
▶verb make a forcefully reproachful protest.
– derivatives
remonstration noun,
remonstrative adjective,
remonstrator noun.
remonstration noun,
remonstrative adjective,
remonstrator noun.
– origin C16 (earlier (C15) as remonstration): from med. L. remonstrat-, remonstrare ‘demonstrate’, from L. re- (expressing intensive force) + monstrare ‘to show’.
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