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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The act of interpellating, or of interrupting or interfering by speech; verbal interruption.
  2. n. The act of interceding; interposition by entreaty or request; solicitation.
  3. n. A summons; a citation.
  4. n. A question put by a member of a legislative assembly to a minister or member of the government: used originally with reference to proceedings in the French legislature.

Wiktionary

  1. n. politics The act of interpellating (questioning); the period in which government officials are questioned about and explain an act, a policy or a point raised during a debate.
  2. n. philosophy The act of interpellating: the act of identification.
  3. n. The act of interpelling: interruption.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption.
  2. n. The act of interposing or interceding; intercession.
  3. n. An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate.
  4. n. A official summons or citation.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
  2. n. (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy

Etymologies

  1. From Latin interpellatio; Compound of interpellate +‎ -tion or interpel +‎ -tion (Wiktionary)

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