cross-examinev.

Etymology: cross- comb. form 1c(a)(iii).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌcross-eˈxamine.

1. transitive. To examine by cross-questioning; to examine by questions adapted to check the results of previous examination; to examine minutely or repeatedly. (In quot. 1664 humorous.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] > cross-examine

cross-examine1664

cross-question1760

targea1796

back-speir1796

cross-hackle1826

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 212 A Monster..Had cross-examin'd both our Hose, And plundred all we had to lose.

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety (1704) vii. 149 If we may but cross-examine and interrogate their actions against their words, these will soon confess the invalidity of their solemnest confessions.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 94 The accused party was furnished with no copy of the charge. He was examined and crossexamined.

2. spec. To subject (a witness who has already given evidence on behalf of one side in a legal action) to an examination by the other side, with the purpose of shaking his testimony or eliciting from him evidence which favours the other side.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear cause [verb (transitive)] > examine judicially > cross-examine

cross-interrogatea1645

cross-examine1697

1697 in Cumbrld. & Westm. Archæol. Soc. Trans. 8 101 This Exceptant did then by his Councell..Crosse Examine the Witnesses produced..on the Respondents behalfe.

1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 207 The Prosecutor first examines the Witnesses produced against the Prisoner, and then the Prisoner may cross-examine them.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cross-examine, to try the faith of evidence by captious questions of the contrary party.

1893 N.E.D. at Cross-examine Mod. The witness was severely cross-examined, but without shaking her evidence on any material point.

Derivatives

ˌcross-examiˈnation n. the action of cross-examining.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > cross-examination

cross-examination1827

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > formal interrogation > cross-examining witness

cross-interrogatory1774

cross-examination1827

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. x. 600 Completeness of the mass of evidence..is..an object at which, by cross-examination and a variety of other means, English procedure never ceases to aim.

1838 Penny Cycl. X. 103/1 In a court of common law..the cross-examination of a witness follows and is founded upon what the witness has stated in his examination in chief.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic xiii. 429 Very few..can be trusted to report their own observations, until they have undergone a severe cross-examination.

ˌcross-eˈxaminer n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > cross-examination > person conducting

back-speirera1689

cross-examiner1838

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxx. 184 ‘Why not?’ demanded Rose. ‘Because, my pretty cross-examiner,’ replied the doctor, ‘because..there are so many ugly points about it.’

ˌcross-eˈxamining adj.

ΚΠ

1868 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (Brit. Libr. pre-publ. copy) I. 255 On whom Socrates tries his cross-examining powers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cross-examine
释义	cross-examinev. Etymology: cross- comb. form 1c(a)(iii).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌcross-eˈxamine. 1. transitive. To examine by cross-questioning; to examine by questions adapted to check the results of previous examination; to examine minutely or repeatedly. (In quot. 1664 humorous.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] > cross-examine cross-examine1664 cross-question1760 targea1796 back-speir1796 cross-hackle1826 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 212 A Monster..Had cross-examin'd both our Hose, And plundred all we had to lose. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety (1704) vii. 149 If we may but cross-examine and interrogate their actions against their words, these will soon confess the invalidity of their solemnest confessions. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 94 The accused party was furnished with no copy of the charge. He was examined and crossexamined. 2. spec. To subject (a witness who has already given evidence on behalf of one side in a legal action) to an examination by the other side, with the purpose of shaking his testimony or eliciting from him evidence which favours the other side. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear cause [verb (transitive)] > examine judicially > cross-examine cross-interrogatea1645 cross-examine1697 1697 in Cumbrld. & Westm. Archæol. Soc. Trans. 8 101 This Exceptant did then by his Councell..Crosse Examine the Witnesses produced..on the Respondents behalfe. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 207 The Prosecutor first examines the Witnesses produced against the Prisoner, and then the Prisoner may cross-examine them. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cross-examine, to try the faith of evidence by captious questions of the contrary party. 1893 N.E.D. at Cross-examine Mod. The witness was severely cross-examined, but without shaking her evidence on any material point. Derivatives ˌcross-examiˈnation n. the action of cross-examining. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > cross-examination cross-examination1827 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > formal interrogation > cross-examining witness cross-interrogatory1774 cross-examination1827 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. x. 600 Completeness of the mass of evidence..is..an object at which, by cross-examination and a variety of other means, English procedure never ceases to aim. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 103/1 In a court of common law..the cross-examination of a witness follows and is founded upon what the witness has stated in his examination in chief. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic xiii. 429 Very few..can be trusted to report their own observations, until they have undergone a severe cross-examination. ˌcross-eˈxaminer n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > cross-examination > person conducting back-speirera1689 cross-examiner1838 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxx. 184 ‘Why not?’ demanded Rose. ‘Because, my pretty cross-examiner,’ replied the doctor, ‘because..there are so many ugly points about it.’ ˌcross-eˈxamining adj. ΚΠ 1868 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (Brit. Libr. pre-publ. copy) I. 255 On whom Socrates tries his cross-examining powers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1664
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