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Interrogate

To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness.

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Air 76% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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Ask 76% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

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Beam 76% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Broadcast 76% connected

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

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Enquire 76% connected

See Inquire.

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Inquire 76% connected

To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

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Send 76% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

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Transmit 76% connected

To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, t…

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Enquiry 74% connected

See Inquiry.

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Enquiry 74% connected

See Inquiry.

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Examination 74% connected

The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

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Examination 74% connected

The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

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Interrogation 74% connected

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

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Interrogation 74% connected

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

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Interrogative 74% connected

Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.

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Interrogative 74% connected

Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.

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Interrogator 74% connected

One who asks questions; a questioner.

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Interrogator 74% connected

One who asks questions; a questioner.

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Interrogatory 74% connected

A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked in writing.

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Interrogatory 74% connected

A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked in writing.

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Question 74% connected

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

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Question 74% connected

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

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Synonym 1

Question 92% connected

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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