[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

remonstrate \remon"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.
   1913 webster

         i will remonstrate to you the third door. --b. jonson.
   1913 webster
see also:
remonstrated remonstrating monster 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

remonstrate \remon"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.
   1913 webster

         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.
   1913 webster

   syn: expostulate, remonstrate.

   usage: 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.
          1913 webster
see also:
expostulate remonstrate 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

remonstrate
     v 1: argue in protest or opposition
     2: present and urge reasons in opposition syn: point out
     3: censure severely or angrily; "the mother scolded the child
        for entering a stranger's car"; "the deputy ragged the
        prime minister"; "the customer dressed down the waiter for
        bringing cold soup" syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
        rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
         dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl
        out, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
see also:
point out call on the carpet rebuke rag trounce reproof 
lecture reprimand jaw dress down call down 
scold chide berate bawl out chew out 
chew up have words lambaste lambast 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

81 moby thesaurus words for "remonstrate":
   admonish, beef, bitch, boggle, boycott, call in question, caution,
   challenge, charge, combat, complain, complain loudly, confront,
   contend with, cry out against, daunt, demonstrate,
   demonstrate against, demur, dispute, dissent, dissuade, encourage,
   enjoin, enter a protest, except, exhort, expostulate, face down,
   face out, face up to, fight, frighten off, front, holler, howl,
   incite, induce, intimidate, inveigh against, issue a caveat, kick,
   kick against, kid out of, make a stand, march, meet head-on, move,
   object, offer resistance, oppose, persuade, picket, preach,
   press objections, prompt, protest, raise a howl, rally,
   recalcitrate, reluct, resist, revolt, scruple, show fight, sit in,
   squawk, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to,
   state a grievance, strike, strive against, talk out of, teach in,
   unpersuade, urge, warn, withstand, yell bloody murder

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