interrogate

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛɹ.ə.ɡeɪt/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛɹ.əˌɡeɪt/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛɹ.ə.ɡæɪt/

Verb

interrogate (third-person singular simple present interrogates, present participle interrogating, simple past and past participle interrogated)

1. (transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner

   The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.

2. (transitive, computing) to query; to request information from.

   to interrogate a database

3. (transitive, literary) to examine critically.
   • 2015, Rita Kiki Edozie, Curtis Stokes, Malcolm X's Michigan Worldview: An Exemplar for Contemporary Black Studies, Michigan State University Press:

     Griffin's approach allows her to reveal Billie Holiday's resilient strength of character and to interrogate the racism she endured, which was as tragic as her personal mistakes.

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Translations

Further reading

• “interrogate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “interrogate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

interrogate

1. inflection of interrogare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

interrogate f pl

1. feminine plural of interrogato

Anagrams

• integratore, reintegrato

Latin

Verb

interrogāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of interrogō

Spanish

Verb

interrogate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of interrogar combined with te