verb (used with object), in·ter·pel·lat·ed, in·ter·pel·lat·ing.
to call formally upon (a minister or member of a government) in interpellation.
Origin: 1590–1600; < Latin interpellātus past participle of interpellāre to interrupt, equivalent to inter-inter- + -pellā(re) to speak + -tus past participle suffix
(tr) parliamentary procedure (in European legislatures) to question (a member of the government) on a point of government policy, often interrupting the business of the day
[C16: from Latin interpellāre to disturb, from inter- + pellere to push]