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Cross-question

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A question posed during a cross-examination.
  2. 2
    a question asked in cross-examination wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To subject to close questioning. transitive

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cross- + question.

Etymology 2

From cross- + question.

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