Remonstrate /(-str?t)/

imp. & p. p. Remonstrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating

1. To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.]

   I will remonstrate to you the third door.

1. 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.