interrogate

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  1. transitive verb To examine by questioning formally or officially. See Synonyms at ask.
  2. transitive verb Computer Science To transmit a signal for setting off an appropriate response.

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  • Armed guards surrounding the shuttle and signs posted around the spacecraft warning that "Deadly force is authorized," Haley notes, explain why she considered the invitation "a possible setup to interrogate or kill me." —  Omni: February 1995
  • “Since the platform was soon to be decommissioned and demolished anyway, it is hardly fair to penalize Degra for sacrificing it in an attempt to trap, interrogate, and kill as many of the human crew as possible.” Guruk bared his many ranks of sharp, serrated teeth toward the great seawater tank in a gesture of evident exasperation. —  LastFullMeasure
  • With a couple of captured clan members to interrogate, they learn enough to realize that what they're investigating is going to have major security consequences. —  Asimov'sSF,December2006
  • Van Sant makes no attempt to interrogate or explain. —  GreenCine Daily
  • It is a testament to the dumbed-down, debate-phobic nature of the modern academy that a conference is being held not to explore ideas - to interrogate, analyse and fight over them - but to tag them as perverse. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
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interrogate:   interrogated
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English enterrogate, from Latin interrogāre, interrogāt- : inter-, in the presence of; see inter- + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin interrogatus, past participle of interrogare (later Italian interrogare = Spanish Portuguese interrogar = Provencal interrogar, enterrogar = French interroger), ask, question, from inter, between, + rogare, ask: see rogation.
  2. from interrogate, v.
 

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/ˈɪntɛrəgeɪt/
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