(intransitive, chiefly historical) Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
“Sullivan remonstrates with the Chelsea forward, who lifts an arm to fend him off.”
“Taking his privilege as a dying man and the king's uncle, Gaunt remonstrates with him, calling him England's landlord rather than her king.”
“The architect, however, takes the tool out of the artisan's hand and although he remonstrates with him for his clumsiness, begins to enact forgiveness.”
remonstrated
simple past tense and past participle of remonstrate