questioned

noun

A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.

A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.

A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.

A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.

(now archaic, historical, chiefly with definite article) Interrogation by torture.

(obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.

verb

(transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.

(intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.

(transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.

(intransitive, obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.

Roots

quaeroquest- · Latin · seek, ask

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