What does interrogate mean?

Definitions for interrogate
ɪnˈtɛr əˌgeɪtin·ter·ro·gate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. interrogateverb

    transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication

  2. interrogate, questionverb

    pose a series of questions to

    "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"

Wiktionary

  1. interrogateverb

    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. Etymology: From interrogatus, past participle of interrogare, from inter + rogare; see rogation.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Interrogateverb

    To examine; to question.

    Etymology: interrogo, Lat. interroger, Fr.

  2. To Interrogateverb

    To ask; to put questions.

    By his instructions touching the queen of Naples, it seemeth he could interrogate touching beauty. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    His proof will easily be retorted by interrogating, Shall the adulterer and the drunkard inherit the kingdom of God. Henry Hammond, Fundamentals.

Wikipedia

  1. interrogate

    Interrogation (also called questioning) is interviewing as commonly employed by law enforcement officers, military personnel, intelligence agencies, organized crime syndicates, and terrorist organizations with the goal of eliciting useful information, particularly information related to suspected crime. Interrogation may involve a diverse array of techniques, ranging from developing a rapport with the subject to torture.

ChatGPT

  1. interrogate

    To interrogate means to ask someone a series of questions in a formal or systematic manner, often for the purpose of obtaining information. This is typically performed in an official conversation or investigation, and can also imply a manner of questioning that is intense, aggressive, or thorough in nature.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Interrogateverb

    to question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness

  2. Interrogateverb

    to ask questions

  3. Interrogatenoun

    an interrogation; a question

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Interrogate

    in-tėr′o-gāt, v.t. to question: to examine by asking questions.—v.i. to ask questions: to inquire.—n. Interrogā′tion, act of interrogating: a question put: the mark placed after a question (?).—adj. Interrog′ative, denoting a question: expressed as a question.—n. a word used in asking a question.—adv. Interrog′atively.—ns. Interr′ogator; Interrog′atory, a question or inquiry.—adj. expressing a question. [L. interrogāre, -ātuminter, between, rogāre, to ask.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of interrogate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of interrogate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of interrogate in a Sentence

  1. Kenneth Walker:

    This is just a blessing beyond measure, i began to have a gradually increasing sense of well-being that became a sense of euphoria, and so I started to interrogate it and realized it might be as simple as having the first pain-free day in over a year.

  2. Masudur Rahman:

    Both of them were arrested on Wednesday night from two separate places, today they will be produced in the court and police will seek a 10-day remand to interrogate them.

  3. The Argentinian government:

    It is only possible to ratify the path traced by the executive power and the national congress through the memorandum of understanding, a tool that would enable us to interrogate the Iranian citizens accused, this situation would put the Argentine state in a better position regarding Iran and the international community to demand extradition or negotiate a trial in a third party country.

  4. Lieutenant General Nattorn Prohsunthorn:

    We tried to interrogate David but he would not speak to us and asked to speak to his embassy, yesterday the Canadian embassy came to see him. We think the Canadians would like to send him back to Canada but first we need to follow Thai legal procedure.

  5. Abdirisak Omar Mohamed:

    (National intelligence) are going to interrogate the management of the hotel.

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