Definition of "interrogate" []

• To examine by questioning formally or officially. See Synonyms at ask. (verb-transitive)
• Computer Science To transmit a signal for setting off an appropriate response. (verb-transitive)

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• "As it happens in this utter jumble of a plot, their conversation takes place nearby exactly the sort of man Jonah likes to interrogate, that is, a dead one."
• "3. Pick a word or phrase from the definition and interrogate it."
• "This is generally stuff I've been too liberal artfully educated to not say anything about (Seizer's STIGMA class for the * headdesk*), or, in more ivory tower terms, "interrogate"."