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verb

Question v. t.

1.

To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness.

2.

To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query. "And most we question what we most desire."

3.

To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to. "But have power and right to question thy bold entrance on this place."

4.

To talk to; to converse with. "With many holiday and lady terms he questioned me."

Synonyms: To ask; interrogate; catechise; doubt; controvert; dispute. Question, Inquire, Interrogate. To inquire is merely to ask for information, and implies no authority in the one who asks. To interrogate is to put repeated questions in a formal or systematic fashion to elicit some particular fact or facts. To question has a wider sense than to interrogate, and often implies an attitude of distrust or opposition on the part of the questioner.

Question v. i. (past & past part. questioned; pres. part. questioning)

1.

To ask questions; to inquire. "He that questioneth much shall learn much."

2.

To argue; to converse; to dispute. (Obs.) "I pray you, think you question with the Jew."

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"Questioning" Quotes from Famous Books

... questioning further, though he could hardly keep from laughing, but Ree shook his head, unwilling to make fun of one who was so ...

— Far Past the Frontier • James A. Braden

... he stood in profound silence. His very soul seemed deprived of power to answer so terrible a denunciation, with even a questioning thought. He had heard the destruction of Scotland declared, and himself sentenced to perish if he did not escape the general ruin by flying from her side! This terrible decree of fate, so disastrously corroborated by the extremity of Bruce, and the divisions ...

— The Scottish Chiefs • Miss Jane Porter

... had confessed and been punished; a hundred men had admitted the facts. He did not know then that the charge against him was conspiracy to murder. He determined to make a false confession, to escape torture. He was worn out with the ceaseless questioning, and ...

— Korea's Fight for Freedom • F.A. McKenzie

... establishment in the town, that it occurred to him to institute inquiry. He had accordingly repaired thither, but finding the house carefully shut up, and totally uninhabited, had contented himself with questioning the tanner and his family, in regard to its late inmates, reserving to a future opportunity the attempt to make himself personally acquainted with all that it contained. From this man he learnt, that, the house had once been the property of an aged Canadian, at whose death (supposed ...

— The Canadian Brothers - or The Prophecy Fulfilled • John Richardson

... had we run down there when we heard the cries it would have gone hard with us. The troops certainly spent no time in questioning; the women might have told them, perhaps, that we had come to their assistance; still it is just as well that we keep clear of ...

— Beric the Briton - A Story of the Roman Invasion • G. A. Henty

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