interrogate
verbEtymology
Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin interrogō (“to inquire, interrogate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
- derived from interrogō
- learned borrowing from interrogātus
Definitions
To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.
- The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
To query (something)
To query (something); to request information from (something).
- to interrogate a database
To examine (something) critically.
- Griffin's approach allows her to reveal Billie Holiday's resilient strength of character and to interrogate the racism she endured, which was as tragic as her personal mistakes.
The neighborhood
- neighborinterrogable
- neighborinterrogatee
- neighborinterrogation
- neighborinterrogative
- neighborinterrogatively
- neighborinterrogator
- neighborinterrogatory
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at interrogate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at interrogate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at interrogate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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