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单词 to bring into question
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to bring (also put) into question
a. to bring (also put) into question and variants.See also to call in question at call v. Phrases 3c.
(a) To cast doubt upon; to challenge, dispute, spec. in a court of law.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt, be uncertain [verb (intransitive)] > call in question
to bring (also put) into question1390
to make (no) question1447
to call into (also in) question1534
to call into (also in) doubt?1535
1390 in J. Raine Corr., Inventories, Acct. Rolls, & Law Proc. Priory of Coldingham (1841) 65 That yhour richte be na mare putt in questioun.
1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. viii. sig. Sv Open and publike cacquet in the streetes, whiche bringes their honour in question.
1676 J. Glanvill Ess. vi. 13 Thus the Sagess, and grandeur of the Prince of Darkness need not be brought in question on this Occasion.
1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 28 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I The Pyrrhonians..who bring all certainty in question.
1779 J. Burgoyne Let. to Constituents (ed. 3) 7 A court etiquette was invented..viz. that the persons whose conduct was so put in question, should not appear at Court pending the enquiry.
1824 J. Marshall Writings upon Federal Constit. (1839) 311 We cannot perceive how the occupation of these vessels can be drawn into question.
1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) Introd. 16 Within the past few years the divalency of the oxygen atom in many organic compounds has been brought into question.
1991 MLA Newslet. Winter 3/1 In deconstruction textual meaning is not attacked; rather, the notion of a fixed meaning is put into question, so that critical authority passes..to the reader.
(b) To call (a person) to account for something; spec. to subject to judicial examination. Now rare and archaic.
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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 1013 (MED) He put hem into questioun.
1590 Visitation Diocese Chester in Chetham Misc. (1875) V. 12 Bringing vs in question at the assises and sessions, for these matters of inconformitie.
1607 Christmas Prince II. (1816) ii. 46 Trueth herselfe if shee were brought in question Could never answer every false suggestion.
1664 Sir John Oldcastle 34 This is our suit (my Lord) that he be tane And brought in question for his heresie.
1725 E. F. Haywood Injur'd Husband 250 His Character was such, as cou'd give no one leave to imagine he cou'd be guilty of a Baseness, such as he was call'd in question for.
1788 A. McGillvray Let. 28 Dec. in J. W. Caughey McGillvray of Creeks (1938) 213 The Kings Commanding officer at Mobile has never in any one Instance had occasion to Call him into question on that account.
1855 H. W. Herbert Wager of Battle xx. 243 Obtained a promise of protection for her husband, in case he should be brought in question for his share in his brother's escape.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xxiv. 179 The townsfolk stood about, but not too near..lest they should be called in question for compliance with the deed,..for the King's scoop-net gathered wide.
1998 L. Huffer Maternal Pasts, Feminist Futures 27 How does the first person account for and think the second person who would hear her, draw her up short, put her into question?
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