expostulare

expostulare [CL] , to demand, ask for; b (w. ut). c (w. abstr. subj.) to require. Judaei quondam ~abant signum sibi de coelo Alcuin Dogm. (Adv. Felicem I 20) 144c; fidelitatem ‥ offero et ‥ amicitiam ~o Anselm (Ep. 4) III 105. b 1102 ut preces nostras dignetur non spernere ‥ ~o Anselm (Ep. 280) IV 195; ~o a te, domine Petre, ut non solum scripturas ‥ contra me inducas P. Cornw. Disp. 156. c 1105 rei necessitas nostram ‥ precem ad vestram pietatem ~at Anselm (Ep. 340) V 278; 1285 prout seysona ~at (Terring) Cust. Suss II 25; 1411 omnes ‥ campi jacebunt pro warecta prout seisona anni ~averit (Indent.) EHR XXXVII 410.

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