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Remonstrate Rih Mahn Strayt Reh Mun Strayt Intransitive Verb Reason Plead Protest

To remonstrate means to reason or plead in protest against something.

To remonstrate means to reason or plead in protest against something.

Front remonstrate \rih-MAHN-strayt; REH-mun-strayt\
Back intransitive verb
To reason or plead in protest.

[From Latin remonstrare (to exhibit, demonstrate), from re- + monstrare (to show). Ultimately from the Indo-European root men- (to think), which is the source of mind, mnemonic, mosaic, music, mentor, money, mandarin, and mantra. Earliest documented use: 1601.]

"Ricky Ponting felt the need to remonstrate with the vigour of an innocent man sentenced to the electric chair." - Andrew Webster; Captain on His Knees as Tourists Gloat; The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia); Dec 28, 2010. 

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