The Collaborative International Dictionary
Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Questioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Questioning.] [Cf. F. questionner. See Question, n.]
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To ask questions; to inquire.
He that questioneth much shall learn much.
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To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.]
I pray you, think you question with the Jew.
--Shak.
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Usage examples of "questioned".
Without being informed of the contents of the warrant or of the charge of murder on which he was being held, without arraignment or advice as to his rights and without access to family or counsel, the defendant was questioned daily by officers for periods as long as 12 hours.
Esther went up to her own room for the operation, and I questioned the oracle on the table at which we had had dinner, in the presence of the father.
I had answered him sharply when he questioned me about her, and ever since he had never mentioned her name.
I made of his birth the more extravagant would be her fancies about it, I told the lad that if I introduced him to a lady who questioned him by himself about his birth, he was to be perfectly open with her.
She saw my advice was not to be questioned, and taking the key of her strong box, whence she desired to get some money, she was delighted to find her store increased fourfold.
The lawyer who drew the will became angrily defensive when questioned about the possibility of a mix-up of the two bequests, with Brownpony supposed to get the women.
It may well be questioned whether there is to-day a majority of the legally qualified voters of any State except perhaps South Carolina in favor of disunion.
The obligation of this Government to make amends therefor could not be questioned if the injury resulted from any fault On the part of the San Jacinto.
I do not commit myself against this, further than to say that such a ratification would be questionable, and sure to be persistently questioned, while a ratification by three fourths of all the States would be unquestioned and unquestionable.
Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
He questioned me publicly about the morality of it before the first one last Saturday.
Foreman, whose name was Jing-U-Wan, cautiously questioned Blacktooth about the Order of Leibowitz, and then explained his own.
Probably more people came forward to receive the Eucharist than there were Christians in the encampment, but he questioned no one.
Pope Amen Specklebird alive, and the police questioned him closely, but in the presence of his lawyer-advocate, a priest appointed by one of the cardinals to look out for his interests.
But those who questioned the cardinal closely concluded that what he had encountered was a band of well-dressed and well-armed outlaws, imitating Texark cavalry maneuvers.