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question
VERB:

1. to ask (someone) a question; ask questions of; interrogate.

2. to ask or inquire.

3. to make a question of; doubt:
He questioned her sincerity.

4. to challenge or dispute:
She questioned the judge's authority in the case.

5. to ask a question or questions.

6. to put a question or questions to (a person); interrogate.

7. to make (something) the subject of dispute or disagreement.

8. to express uncertainty about the validity, truth, etc, of (something); doubt.

9. to ask a question of or about.

10. to interrogate intensively; cross-examine.

11. doubt, dispute.

12. to subject to analysis; examine.

13. to ask questions; inquire.

Origin:

First recorded in 1250–1300; (noun) Middle English questio(u)n, questiun, from Anglo-French questiun, Middle French question, from Latin quaestiōn- (stem of quaestiō ), equivalent to quaes-, stem of quaerere “to ask” + -tiōn- -tion; (verb) late Middle English, from Middle French questioner, derivative of the noun. British dictionary: C13: via Old French from Latin quaestiō, from quaerere to seek. —Dictionary.com. // 

First Known Use of question: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 15th century. History and Etymology for question: Noun: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin quaestion-, quaestio, from quaerere to seek, ask. —Merriam-Webster.

Source: 1, 2.

Updated: 6 August 2020 {10:03 PM}
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