interrogate

From Latin interrogatus, past participle of interrogare (“to ask, question”), from inter (“between”) + rogare (“to ask”); see rogation.

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interrogate (third-person singular simple present interrogates, present participle interrogating, simple past and past participle interrogated)

1. (transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner

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

2. (transitive, computing) to query; to request information from.

   to interrogate a database

• interrogate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• interrogate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

interrogate

1. second-person plural present indicative of interrogare
2. second-person plural imperative of interrogare
3. feminine plural of interrogato

• integratore, reintegrato

interrogāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of interrogō