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cross-question

noun

Etymology

From cross- + question.

  1. derived from *kʷeh₂-✻
  2. derived from *kʷaizeō✻
  3. derived from quaestiōnem
  4. derived from question
  5. derived from questiun
  6. inherited from questioun
  7. formed as cross-question — “cross- + question”

Definitions

  1. A question posed during a cross-examination.

  2. To subject to close questioning.

    • The good man, he looks on us so clear and cheery, and in his neighbourly soft-smiling eyes we see so well our own shadow, - we have a longing always to cross-question him.
    • the best way to get things clear is if we gently cross-question this very statement.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA