Part 5997

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Interrogatee</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In*ter`ro*ga*tee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is interrogated.</def>

<h1>Interrogation</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In*ter`ro*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interrogatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>interrogation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A question put; an inquiry.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also <altname>interrogation point</altname>.</def><-- usu. question mark. -->

<note>&hand; In works printed in the Spanish language this mark is not only placed at the end of an interrogative sentence, but is also placed, inverted [as thus (&iques;)], at the beginning.</note>

<h1>Interrogative</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*rog"a*tive</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interrogativus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>interrogatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; <as>as, an <ex>interrogative</ex> sentence; an <ex>interrogative</ex> pronoun.</as></def>

<h1>Interrogative</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*rog"a*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A word used in asking questions; as, <i>who</i>? <i>which</i>? <i>why</i>?</def>

<h1>Interrogatively</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*rog"a*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the form of, or by means of, a question; in an interrogative manner.</def>

<h1>Interrogator</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In*ter"ro*ga`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>interrogateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who asks questions; a questioner.</def>

<h1>Interrogatory</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*rog"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Interrogatories</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>interrogatoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>A formal question or inquiry; esp. <fld>(Law)</fld>, a question asked in writing.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Interrogatory</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*rog"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interrogatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing, expressing, or implying a question; <as>as, an <ex>interrogatory</ex> sentence</as>.</def>

<h1>Interrupt</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*rupt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Interrupted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Interrupting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>interruptus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>interrumpere</ets> to interrupt; <ets>inter</ets> between + <ets>rumpere</ets> to break. See <er>Rupture</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; <as>as, to <ex>interrupt</ex> the remarks speaking</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Do not <b>interrupt</b> me in my course. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; <as>as, the evenness of the road was not <ex>interrupted</ex> by a single hill</as>.</def>

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