B. Jonson.
Re*mon"strate, v. i. To present and urge reasons in opposition to an
act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to
remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against
proposed taxation.
It is proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and
to remonstrate against any growing corruptions in practice, and
especially in principles.
Waterland.
Syn. -- Expostulate, Remonstrate. These words are commonly
interchangeable, the principal difference being that expostulate is now
used especially to signify remonstrance by a superior or by one in
authority. A son remonstrates against the harshness of a father; a
father expostulates with his son on his waywardness. Subjects
remonstrate with their rulers; sovereigns expostulate with the
parliament or the people.
Re`mon*stra"tion (r?`m?n*str?"sh?n), n. [Cf. OF. remonstration, LL.
remonstratio.] The act of remonstrating; remonstrance. [R.] Todd.
Re*mon"stra*tive (r?*m?n"str?*t?v), a. Having the character of a
remonstrance; expressing remonstrance.
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Re*mon"stra*tor (r?*m?n"str?*t?r), n. One who remonstrates; a
remonsrant. Bp. Burnet.
Re*mon"tant (-tant), a.[F.] (Hort.) Rising again; -- applied to a class
of roses which bloom more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual
roses, of which the Jacqueminot is a well-known example.
||Re*mon`toir" (re-m?n"tw?r"; E. r?- m?n"tw?r), n. [F.] (Horology) See
||under Escapement.
||Rem"o*ra (r?m"?*r?), n. [L.: cf. F. rémora.]