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[syn: interrogate, question]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Interrogate \In*ter"ro*gate\, v. i.
To ask questions. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Interrogate \In*ter"ro*gate\, n.
An interrogation; a question. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Interrogate \In*ter"ro*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Interrogating.] [L. interrogatus, p. p. of interrogare to
ask; inter between + rogare to ask. See Rogation.]
To question formally; to question; to examine by asking
questions; as, to interrogate a witness.
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Wilt thou, uncalled, interrogate,
Talker! the unreplying Fate? --Emerson.
Syn: To question; ask. See Question.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
interrogate
v 1: transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate
response, as in telecommunication
2: pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by
the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of
the explosion" [syn: interrogate, question]