Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to expostulate
Participle: expostulated
Gerund: expostulating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | expostulate |
| you | expostulate |
| he;she;it | expostulates |
| we | expostulate |
| you | expostulate |
| they | expostulate |
Perfect
| I | have expostulated |
| you | have expostulated |
| he;she;it | has expostulated |
| we | have expostulated |
| you | have expostulated |
| they | have expostulated |
Past
| I | expostulated |
| you | expostulated |
| he;she;it | expostulated |
| we | expostulated |
| you | expostulated |
| they | expostulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had expostulated |
| you | had expostulated |
| he;she;it | had expostulated |
| we | had expostulated |
| you | had expostulated |
| they | had expostulated |
Future
| I | will expostulate |
| you | will expostulate |
| he;she;it | will expostulate |
| we | will expostulate |
| you | will expostulate |
| they | will expostulate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have expostulated |
| you | will have expostulated |
| he;she;it | will have expostulated |
| we | will have expostulated |
| you | will have expostulated |
| they | will have expostulated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | expostulate |
| you | expostulate |
| he;she;it | expostulate |
| we | expostulate |
| you | expostulate |
| they | expostulate |
Perfect
| I | have expostulated |
| you | have expostulated |
| he;she;it | have expostulated |
| we | have expostulated |
| you | have expostulated |
| they | have expostulated |
Imperfect
| I | expostulated |
| you | expostulated |
| he;she;it | expostulated |
| we | expostulated |
| you | expostulated |
| they | expostulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had expostulated |
| you | had expostulated |
| he;she;it | had expostulated |
| we | had expostulated |
| you | had expostulated |
| they | had expostulated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would expostulate |
| you | would expostulate |
| he;she;it | would expostulate |
| we | would expostulate |
| you | would expostulate |
| they | would expostulate |
Perfect
| I | would have expostulated |
| you | would have expostulated |
| he;she;it | would have expostulated |
| we | would have expostulated |
| you | would have expostulated |
| they | would have expostulated |
Imperative
| you | expostulate |
| we | Let's expostulate |
| you | expostulate |
Verbs conjugated like 'expostulate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'expostulate'
exosculate,
postulate,
exestuate,
exoculate,
pustulate,
apostate,
apostemate,
capitulate,
capsulate,
deosculate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1534, "to demand, to claim," from L. expostulatus, pp. of expostulare "to demand urgently, remonstrate," from ex- intensive prefix + postulare "to demand." Friendlier sense is first recorded in Eng. 1574.
2. From Latin expostulō (“demand, claim”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + postulate.
Sample Sentences
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The tears would run plentifully down my face when I made these reflections; and sometimes I would expostulate with myself why Providence should thus completely ruin His creatures, and render them so absolutely miserable; so without help, abandoned, so entirely depressed, that it could hardly be rational to be thankful for such a life. [1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:]
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[…] he affectionately loved many persons to whom he never or hardly ever shewed a countenance of love. Once on my venturing to expostulate with him on the subject, he reminded me of Solomon: “Many sons I have; it is not fit that I should smile on them.” [1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “XI, "The Abbot’s Ways"”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):]
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Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong. [1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides:]