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interrogate

SYLLABICATION:	in·ter·ro·gate
PRONUNCIATION:	n-tr-gt
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: in·ter·ro·gat·ed, in·ter·ro·gat·ing, in·ter·ro·gates 1. To examine by questioning formally or officially. See synonyms at ask. 2. Computer Science To transmit a signal for setting off an appropriate response.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English enterrogate, from Latin interrogre, interrogt- : inter-, in the presence of; see inter– + rogre, to ask; see reg- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	in·terro·gation —NOUN in·terro·gation·al —ADJECTIVE in·terro·gator —NOUN


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