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rogatory

rogatory adjective: seeking information or evidence, especially from a foreign court.

Adjective

rogatory (comparative more rogatory, superlative most rogatory)

  1. Seeking information or evidence, especially from a foreign court

Forms of rogatory

comparativemore rogatory
superlativemost rogatory

Origin of rogatory

Borrowed 1750 from French rogatoire, from Medieval Latin rogātōrius (“interrogatory”), from rogō (“to ask, enquire”). By surface analysis, Latin rog- + -ate + -ory.

Words formed from rogatory

Questions about rogatory

What does rogatory mean?
Rogatory means seeking information or evidence, especially from a foreign court.
What part of speech is rogatory?
Rogatory is an adjective.

Words near rogatory in the dictionary

  1. Rogation-flowers
  2. rogations
  3. Rogationtide
  4. Rogationtides
  5. rogative
  6. rogatory
  7. ROGD
  8. roge
  9. Rogel
  10. rogelach
  11. Rogels

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