| Front | remonstrate \rih-MAHN-strayt; REH-mun-strayt\ |
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| 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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