All 5 Uses
remonstrate
in
The Good Soldier
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- They polished him up and her husband remonstrated seriously with her.†
Part 1remonstrated = argued in protest or opposition
- And Peire Vidal fell all over the Lady's bed while the husband, who was a most ferocious warrior, remonstrated some more about the courtesy that is due to great poets.†
Part 1
- And she just sat absolutely deaf to the remonstrances of the head waiter with his face like a grey ram's.†
Part 1 *remonstrances = arguments in protest or opposition
- She made tentative efforts at remonstrating with him.†
Part 3remonstrating = arguing in protest or opposition
- Her father, whom she saw now and then, said that Edward was much too generous to his tenants; the wives of his brother officers remonstrated with her in private; his large subscriptions made it difficult for their husbands to keep up with them.†
Part 3remonstrated = argued in protest or opposition
Definitions:
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(1)
(remonstrate) argue, complain, or criticize
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In Shakespeare's time, remonstrance was used as a synonym for display, revelation, or manifestation.