interrogate

verb
/ɪnˈtɛɹəɡeɪt/UK/ɪnˈtɛɹəɡeɪt/CA/ɪnˈteɹəɡæɪt/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin interrogō (“to inquire, interrogate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. derived from interrogō
  2. learned borrowing from interrogātus

Definitions

  1. To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.

    • The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
  2. To query (something)

    To query (something); to request information from (something).

    • to interrogate a database
  3. 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

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.

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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.

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