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[a. F. interrogation (13th c. in Godef. Compl.), or ad. L. interrogātiōn-em, n. of action f. interrogāre to interrogate.]
1. a. The action of interrogating or asking questions; a questioning; † request (obs.).
1551Bp. Gardiner Explic. 80 He opposith by interrogation, and would be aunswered. 1590Swinburne Testaments 116 The testator maie lawfullie make his executor not onelie of his owne accorde without interrogation, but also at the intreatie or request of an other. 1632Lithgow Trav. x. 472 The Inquisitor made interrogation, of what difficulties, errors, or mis-beliefe I had. 1769Junius Lett. (1804) I. 63, I could, by malicious interrogation, disturb the peace of the most virtuous man in the kingdom. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan III. 177 If your heart were not pure..you would not be so ready to meet a deathbed interrogation.
b. With an and pl. A question. In quot. 1386 perh. = Syllogism, = L. interrogātio in Cicero.
c1386Chaucer Miller's T. 8 His fantasye Was turned for to lerne Astrologye, And koude a certeyn of conclusions To demen by Interrogacions. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 185 b, [That] all the interrogacyons or questyons made to vs be of fayth. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 105/1 The tenor of his questions or interrogations. 1700S. L. tr. Fryke's Voy. E. Ind. 335 Some preliminary interrogations, why I would not settle there? 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. i, He was trembling at this strange interrogation.
2. Gram. and Rhet. Questioning, or a question, as a form of speech.
c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 994 The interrogation negatyve, as, Am not I? 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 220 There is a kinde of figuratiue speach when we aske many questions and looke for none answere, speaking..by interrogation, which we might as well say by affirmation. 1661–98South Twelve Serm. III. 5 The words in the Text (by an usual way of speech) under an Interrogation couching a Positive Assertion. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 513 Though Interrogations may be introduced into close and earnest reasoning, exclamations belong only to strong emotions of the mind.
b. point (mark, note) of interrogation, also interrogation-point (and, formerly, interrogation): the symbol used in writing or printing to indicate a question, in most European languages placed at the end of the sentence and having the form ? or ?. Also fig.
In Spanish, it is placed both before and after the question, in the former case inverted as in ¿Quien sabe? who knows? A point of interrogation is also sometimes placed before a word or phrase, to query its correctness, existence, etc.
1598Florio, Iterogatiuo punto, a point of interrogation. 1633J. Clarke 2nd Praxis 38 Secondly, you must marke all the poynts, commaes, colons, interogations, &c. 1706Phillips, Interrogation, or Note of Interrogation..which in Greek is thus expressed (;) and thus (?) in Latin. 1748J. Mason Elocut. 23 The Common Stops or Points are these: A Comma (,), Semi-colon (;)..Interrogation (?), Admiration (!). 1888J. A. Noble in Academy 3 Nov. 283/3 We are compelled to read them..with a greater number of mental notes of interrogation. 1889W. B. Yeats Let. 7 May (1954) 125, I have no theories about her. She is simply a note of interrogation. 1895How to get Married 74 It is a mistake to be inquisitive. A walking interrogation-point is never a pleasant companion. 1897G. B. Shaw Our Theatres in Nineties (1932) III. 130 The ending of the play is not on the face of it particularly tragic: the alleged ‘note of interrogation’ is a sentimental fancy. 1931H. G. Wells Work, Wealth & Happiness of Mankind (1932) xv. 747 The note of interrogation which is born in the nature of every human being has been released. 1944― '42 to '44 116 No battle is a foregone conclusion, and so I must end with a note of interrogation. Will this thing be done now, rapidly?
3. The process of obtaining a signal from a transponder by transmitting an appropriate ‘interrogating’ signal to it; also, an interrogating signal.
1946Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engin. XCIII. iiia. 487/2 The earlier varieties of I.F.F. all used direct interrogation. Ibid., Each display..showed one echo fixed in position for each aircraft, due to its station's own interrogation. 1947L. N. Ridenour Radar Syst. Engin. viii. 258 The interrogations were at 10 cm, the replies at 1·5 m. 1959K. Henney Radio Engin. Handbk. (ed. 5) xix. 112 The moving craft sends out the interrogation and the beacon returns the reply. 1966Guardian 19 Aug. 16/6 The new Interrogation Recording and Location System..to be embodied in future Nimbus satellites. 1970Sci. Jrnl. Apr. 52/2 Direct interrogation of the package is made from the satellite using normal VHF interrogation telecommunications.
4. attrib. (sense 1), as interrogation centre, interrogation room.
1973Freedom 2 June 3/1 Always there are the Chicago-style shootings from passing cars, the churches bombed or burned, the homes gutted by fire and watching over it all the army with its own State-sponsored violence, the interrogation centre, the beatings-up, [etc.].
1944Sat. Even. Post 15 July 19, I went into the interrogation rooms with these pilots and listened to the laconic reports they were relating to the Intelligence officers. 1971‘O. Bleeck’ Thief who painted Sunlight (1972) ix. 79 We were in one of those small, brown interrogation rooms at Homicide South. 1972H. C. Rae Shooting Gallery iii. 142 Surely, sir, you've seen them round here, in the Interrogation Room, at the desk? |