All 5 Uses
remonstrate
in
Major Barbara
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- When my father remonstrated, Andrew actually told him to his face that history tells us of only two successful institutions: one the Undershaft firm, and the other the Roman Empire under the Antonines.†
Act 1remonstrated = argued in protest or opposition
- LOMAX [remonstrating] Oh I say!†
Act 1 *remonstrating = arguing in protest or opposition
- LOMAX [still remonstrant] But really, don't you know!†
Act 1
- LOMAX [remonstrating] No but look here don't you know—[Overcome] Oh I say!†
Act 1remonstrating = arguing in protest or opposition
- LOMAX [to Undershaft, strongly remonstrant] Your own daughter, you know.†
Act 3
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.