counter-questionn.
A question in reply to another question, a question asked by the person questioned.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of > asked in return
antiquery1644
cross-questiona1694
counter-question1864
the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > an answer, response > to a question
question and answer1817
Q and A1837
counter-question1864
counter-questioning1877
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel i. 42 They try to escape from this broad question under cover of the dust of other counter-questions.
1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career I. xii. 168 The counterquestion was a fair retort.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
counter-questionv.
To put a question in reply to a question.
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1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 216 The Cornutus and Crocodilinus of the ancients..were..sophisms of counter-questioning.
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counter-ˈquestioning n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > an answer, response > to a question
question and answer1817
Q and A1837
counter-question1864
counter-questioning1877
1877 Athenæum 6 Oct. 430/3 The antagonism of counter~questionings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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