- remonstrate
[remonstrate 词源字典]
- remonstrate: see monster
[remonstrate etymology, remonstrate origin, 英语词源] - remonstrate (v.)
- 1590s, "make plain," back-formation from remonstration, or else from Medieval Latin remonstratus, past participle of remonstrare "to demonstrate" (see remonstrance). Meaning "to exhibit or present strong reasons against" is from 1690s. Related: Remonstrated; remonstrating.