Definition of Interrogate

1. Verb. Transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication.

Category relationships: Broadcast Medium, Broadcasting
Generic synonyms: Air, Beam, Broadcast, Send, Transmit
Derivative terms: Interrogation

2. Verb. Pose a series of questions to. "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"

Definition of Interrogate

1. v. t. To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness.

2. v. i. To ask questions.

3. n. An interrogation; a question.

Definition of Interrogate

1. Verb. (transitive) To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interrogate

1. [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interrogate

interrers
interresidual
interresidue
interresting
interrex
interrexes
interridge
interridge distance
interring
interrobang
interrobangs
interrogability
interrogable
interrogatability
interrogatable
interrogate
interrogated
interrogatee
interrogatees
interrogates
interrogating
interrogatingly
interrogation
interrogation-point
interrogation-points
interrogation mark
interrogation marks
interrogation point
interrogation points
interrogational

Literary usage of Interrogate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States by Stephen Keyes Williams, Edwin Burritt Smith, Ernest Hitchcock (1882)
"tli Interrogate. Of what burthen is the ves- M'l which has been taken? ... (¡tu Interrogate. Had you or any of the officers or mariners belonging to the ..."

2. The Law and Practice Relating to Letters Patent for Inventions by Roger William Wallace, John Bruce Williamson (1900)
"(Q The party seeking to interrogate must pay into court a sum of at least five pounds (111) as security for costs, before delivering his interrogatories. ..."

3. The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the by Robert Wodrow (1836)
"Being interrogate, if he was with those who were in arms at ... Being interrogate anent that paper, if he owned the principles therein, refuses to answer, ..."

4. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1826)
"TO ASK, INQUIRE, QUESTION, Interrogate. ASK, ». To ask. beg. INQUIRE, Latin inquire, compounded of in and (¡наго, signifies to search after. ..."

5. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"Mr. Donald Cargil, being interrogate if he owns the king's authority, arid the king ... Hung agnin interrogate, if he owns the king as his lu\v lui prince, ..."

6. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1811)
"Mr. Donald Cargil, being interrogate if he owns the king's authority, ... Being interrogate, wbe* he saw any of those ubo killed the archbishop, ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1904)
"13th Interrogate.—How many bills of lading were signed for the goods seized on, ... 14th Interrogate.—Are there in the United States of America any bills of ..."

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