interrogate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.

   The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.

2. 2
   verb

   To query (something); to request information from (something).

   to interrogate a database

3. 3
   verb

   To examine (something) critically.

   Griffin's approach allows her to reveal Billie Holiday's resilient strength of character and to interrogate the racism she endured, which was as tragic as her personal mistakes.

4. 4
   verb

   pose a series of questions to

5. 5
   verb

   transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin interrogō (“to inquire, interrogate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).