All 5 Uses
remonstrate
in
The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2
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- It implied things she could never assent to—rights, reproaches, remonstrance, rebuke, the expectation of making her change her purpose.†
Chpt 32 *remonstrance = argument in protest or opposition
- So please don't remonstrate; in talking about it you have me at a disadvantage.†
Chpt 33
- I don't remonstrate, I simply answer you: I must give some sign of intelligence.†
Chpt 33
- from Henrietta, who, she was sure, would come out, too late, on purpose to remonstrate;†
Chpt 35
- As, however, she had, in spite of the remonstrances of her hostess, declined other invitations on the ground that she was not dancing at all, it was not possible for her to make an exception in Lord Warburton's favour.†
Chpt 43remonstrances = arguments 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.