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cross-question en · NOUN

Etymology

From cross- + question.

Meanings

  1. A question posed during a cross-examination.

Forms

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cross-questions Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

ga croscheist (a question performed during a cross-examination)

cross-question en · VERB

Etymology

From cross- + question.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To subject to close questioning.
    • the best way to get things clear is if we gently cross-question this very statement. 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 237b:
    • The good man, he looks on us so clear and cheery, and in his neighbourly soft-smiling eyes we see so well our own shadow, - we have a longing always to cross-question him. 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 1, Jocelin of Brakelond”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):

Forms

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cross-questioned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cross-questioned Tense=Past lexicographic
cross-questioning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cross-questions Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (3)

eo pridemandi (to subject to close questioning) · ga croscheistigh (to subject to close questioning) · cy croesholi (to subject to close questioning)