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interrogational

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in⋅ter⋅ro⋅ga⋅tion

  [in-ter-uh-gey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of interrogating; questioning.
2. an instance of being interrogated: He seemed shaken after his interrogation.
3. a question; inquiry.
4. a written list of questions.
5. an interrogation point; question mark.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME interrogacio(u)n < L interrogātiōn- (s. of interrogātiō). See interrogate, -ion

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅ro⋅ga⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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in·ter·ro·gate   (ĭn-těr'ə-gāt')   
tr.v.   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.


[Middle English enterrogate, from Latin interrogāre, interrogāt- : inter-, in the presence of; see inter- + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
in·ter'ro·ga'tion n., in·ter'ro·ga'tion·al adj., in·ter'ro·ga'tor n.
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Word Origin & History

interrogation 
c.1386, "a questioning," from O.Fr. interrogation (13c.), from L. interrogationem (nom. interrogatio) "a question, questioning," from interrogatus, pp. of interrogare, from inter- "between" + rogare "ask, to question" (see rogation). Interrogate is a 1483 back-formation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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