Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Remonstrate \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}.

   Usage: 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.

Remonstrate \Re*mon"strate\ (-str?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Remonstrated} (-str?*t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remonstrating}.]
   [LL. remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L.
   pref. re- + monstrare to show. See {Monster}.]
   To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest;
   hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

         I will remonstrate to you the third door. --B. Jonson.

Source : WordNet®

remonstrate
     v 1: argue in protest or opposition
     2: present and urge reasons in opposition [syn: {point out}]
     3: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
        for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
        Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
        bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rebuke},
        {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw},
         {dress down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl
        out}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]