remonstrate

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof.
2. v. To reason or plead in protest; present an objection. See Synonyms at object.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To exhibit; demonstrate; prove.
2. To exhibit or present strong reasons against an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; expostulate: as, to remonstrate with a person on his conduct; conscience remonstrates against a profligate life.
3. Synonyms Reprove, Rebuke, etc. (see censure), object, protest, reason, complain.
4. To show by a strong representation of reasons; set forth forcibly; show clearly.
5. To show or point out again.

Wiktionary

1. v. intransitive To object; to express disapproval (with, against).
2. v. intransitive Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
3. v. transitive To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. obsolete To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
2. v. To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. argue in protest or opposition
2. v. censure severely or angrily
3. v. present and urge reasons in opposition