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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERROGA'TION, n. The act of questioning; examination by questions.
1. A question put; inquiry.
2. A note that marks a question; as, does Job serve God for naught?

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations" [syn: question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence]
2: a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder
3: formal systematic questioning [syn: interrogation, examination, interrogatory]
4: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present" [syn: question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation] [ant: answer]

Merriam Webster's

noun see interrogate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of interrogating; the process of being interrogated. 2 a question or enquiry. Phrases and idioms: interrogation point (or mark etc.) = question mark. Derivatives: interrogational adj. Etymology: ME f. F interrogation or L interrogatio (as INTERROGATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Interrogation In*ter`ro*ga"tion, n. [L. interrogatio: cf. F. interrogation.] 1. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry. 2. A question put; an inquiry. 3. A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also interrogation point.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(interrogations) An interrogation is the act of interrogating someone. ...the right to silence in police interrogations. N-VAR

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

in-ter-o-ga'-shun (eperotema): This word is not found at all in the King James Version, and once only in the American Standard Revised Version (1Pe 3:21), where it replaces the word "answer" of the King James Version. This change according to Alford and Bengel is correct. "The interrogation of a good conscience" may refer to the question asked of a convert before baptism (compare Ac 8:37), or the appeal of the convert to God (compare 1 Joh 3:20-21). The opportunity to do this was given in baptism.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Interrogating, questioning, catechising, examining, examination, interpellation. 2. Question, inquiry, interrogatory, query.

Moby Thesaurus

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