questionest

Verb

question (third-person singular simple present questions, present participle questioning, simple past and past participle questioned)

1. (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
   • Yet he lingered in Perryville with the determination of seeing Ruth, and questioning her about Helen Murray's letters.1836, Frederick W. Thomas, East and West, volume 2

   Synonyms:

   query

2. (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
   • Question things. I have the most fun when I'm writing questioning things that people do not question- the assumptions that everybody knows are true.1985 April 17, Frank Herbert, 15:46 from the start, in Frank Herbert speaking at UCLA 4/17/1985, UCLACommStudies, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2017

   Synonyms:

   query, contest

3. (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
   • He that questioneth much shall learn much.1597, Francis Bacon, Of Discourse
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
   • I pray you, think you question with the Jew.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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