| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·ter·ro·gate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-t r  -g t |
| 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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