- (v.t.) To discuss; to examine.
- (v.i.) To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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