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Word Meanings - INTERROGATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry. 2. A question put; an inquiry. 3. A point, mark, or sign, thus , indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt,

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1. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry. 2. A question put; an inquiry. 3. A point, mark, or sign, thus , indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also interrogation point. Note: In works printed in the Spanish language this mark is not only placed at the end of an interrogative sentence, but is also placed, inverted , at the beginning.

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    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
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    In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.
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    Creatural; characteristic of a creature. "Creaturely faculties." Cheyne.
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