expostulate in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for expostulate in the English»French Dictionary

I.expostulate [Brit ɪkˈspɒstjʊleɪt, ɛkˈspɒstjʊleɪt, Am ɪkˈspɑstʃəˌleɪt] form VB trans

‘no, ’ he expostulated

‘non, ’ s'exclama-t-il, indigné

II.expostulate [Brit ɪkˈspɒstjʊleɪt, ɛkˈspɒstjʊleɪt, Am ɪkˈspɑstʃəˌleɪt] form VB intr (remonstrate)

expostulate

faire des remontrances (with à)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The poems drift from one focus to another; they avoid the histrionic; they sigh more often than they expostulate.

en.wikipedia.org

Alf's magnetism takes on its most disturbing dimension when he starts to expostulate on racial matters.

theconversation.com

It is satisfied to hear the voices of those who surmise, expostulate and devise constructs to explain everything that happened untold millions of years in the past.

www.renewamerica.com