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questionize

questionize verb: to ask questions of; to question.

Verb

questionize (third-person singular simple present questionizes, present participle questionizing, simple past and past participle questionized)

  1. (US, colloquial, regional) To ask questions of; to question.
    • “'Tain't no use in you askin' me nothin'. Ah'm questionizin' you.”1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 63

Forms of questionize

third-person singular presentquestionizes
present participlequestionizing
past participlequestionized
pastquestionized

Origin of questionize

From question + -ize.

Questions about questionize

What does questionize mean?
Questionize means to ask questions of; to question.
What part of speech is questionize?
Questionize is a verb.
What is the past tense of questionize?
The past tense of questionize is questionized.

Words near questionize in the dictionary

  1. questioning
  2. questioningly
  3. questionings
  4. questionist
  5. questionists
  6. questionize
  7. questionized
  8. questionizes
  9. questionizing
  10. questionless
  11. questionlessly

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