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cross-question

[ kraws-kwes-chuhn, kros- ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cross-examine.


noun

  1. a question asked by way of cross-examination.

cross-question

verb

  1. to cross-examine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a question asked in cross-examination
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈcross-ˈquestioning, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cross-question1

First recorded in 1685–95
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Example Sentences

During the passage, Captain Robinson took occasion to examine and cross-question the man, whose name was Christian Cruise, and compare his verbal with his written testimony.

"You know what the police are—how they question and cross-question people."

Also, for reasons best known to himself, he did not cross-question the liftman about those singular marks, or report the matter to the police.

The typical Athenian, Euripides, was so much deeper-dyed in skepticism than any one since that day, that really no one has ever lived who could cross-question him—let alone expound the meanings of his plays.

For the sake of the lesson, Hogg should have been there to learn to cross-question.

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