English Dictionary: questioningly | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quassation \Quas*sa"tion\, n. [L. quassatio, from quassare to shake. See {Quash} to crush.] The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken. --Gayton. | |
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Questant \Quest"ant\, n. [OF. questant, F. qu[88]tant, p. pr.] One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Question \Ques"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See {Quest}, n.] 1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer. 2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question. There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- John iii. 25. It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith. -- Bacon. 3. Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture. --Blackstone. He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question. --Macaulay. 4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query. But this question asked Puts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain ? --Milton. 5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question. 6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.] --Shak. {In question}, in debate; in the course of examination or discussion; as, the matter or point in question. {Leading question}. See under {Leading}. {Out of question}, unquestionably. [bd]Out of question, 't is Maria's hand.[b8] --Shak. {Out of the question}. See under {Out}. {Past question}, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly; unquestionably. {Previous question}, a question put to a parliamentary assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at once, without further debate, on the subject under consideration. Note: The form of the question is: [bd]Shall the main question be now put?[b8] If the vote is in the affirmative, the matter before the body must be voted upon as it then stands, without further general debate or the submission of new amendments. In the House of Representatives of the United States, and generally in America, a negative decision operates to keep the business before the body as if the motion had not been made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to postpone consideration for the day, and until the subject may be again introduced. In American practice, the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is made by a friend of the measure. In English practice, the object is to get rid of the subject for the time being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting against it. --Cushing. {To beg the question}. See under {Beg}. {To the question}, to the point in dispute; to the real matter under debate. Syn: Point; topic; subject. | |
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Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Questioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Questioning}.] [Cf. F. questionner. See {Question}, n.] 1. To ask questions; to inquire. He that questioneth much shall learn much. --Bacon. 2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.] I pray you, think you question with the Jew. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Question \Ques"tion\, v. t. 1. To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness. 2. To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query. And most we question what we most desire. --Prior. 3. To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to. [bd]But have power and right to question thy bold entrance on this place.[b8] --Milton. 4. To talk to; to converse with. With many holiday and lady terms he questioned me. -- Shak. Syn: To ask; interrogate; catechise; doubt; controvert; dispute. Usage: Question, Inquire, Interrogate. To inquire is merely to ask for information, and implies no authority in the one who asks. To interrogate is to put repeated questions in a formal or systematic fashion to elicit some particular fact or facts. To question has a wider sense than to interrogate, and often implies an attitude of distrust or opposition on the part of the questioner. | |
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Privilege \Priv"i*lege\, n. [F. privil[8a]ge, L. privilegium an ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual; privus private + lex, legis, law. See {Private}, and {Legal}.] 1. A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise. He pleads the legal privilege of a Roman. --Kettlewell. The privilege birthright was a double portion. --Locke. A people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties. --Burke. 2. (Stockbroker's Cant) See {Call}, {Put}, {Spread}, etc. {Breach of privilege}. See under {Breach}. {Question of privilege} (Parliamentary practice), a question which concerns the security of a member of a legislative body in his special privileges as such. {Water privilege}, the advantage of having machinery driven by a stream, or a place affording such advantage. [ U. S.] {Writ of privilege} (Law), a writ to deliver a privileged person from custody when arrested in a civil suit. --Blackstone. Syn: Prerogative; immunity; franchise; right; claim; liberty. Usage: {Privilege}, {Prerogative}. Privilege, among the Romans, was something conferred upon an individual by a private law; and hence, it denotes some peculiar benefit or advantage, some right or immunity, not enjoyed by the world at large. Prerogative, among the Romans, was the right of voting first; and, hence, it denotes a right of precedence, or of doing certain acts, or enjoying certain privileges, to the exclusion of others. It is the privilege of a member of Congress not to be called in question elsewhere for words uttered in debate. It is the prerogative of the president to nominate judges and executive officers. It is the privilege of a Christian child to be instructed in the true religion. It is the prerogative of a parent to govern and direct his children. | |
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Questionability \Ques`tion*a*bil"i*ty\, n. The state or condition of being questionable. --Stallo. | |
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Questionable \Ques"tion*a*ble\, a. 1. Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry. [R.] Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. -- Shak. 2. Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious. It is questionable whether Galen ever saw the dissection of a human body.T. -- Baker. Syn: Disputable; debatable; uncertain; doubtful; problematical; suspicious. | |
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Questionableness \Ques"tion*a*ble*ness\, n. The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious. | |
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Questionably \Ques"tion*a*bly\, adv. In a questionable manner. | |
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Questionary \Ques"tion*a*ry\, n. A set of questions for submission to a group of persons for the purpose of bringing out their resemblances and differences in the matter considered. The questionary method is a recognized form of psychological investigation. | |
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Questionary \Ques"tion*a*ry\, a. Inquiring; asking questions; testing. [bd]Questionary epistles.[b8] --Pope. | |
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Questionary \Ques"tion*a*ry\, n. One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale. | |
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Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Questioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Questioning}.] [Cf. F. questionner. See {Question}, n.] 1. To ask questions; to inquire. He that questioneth much shall learn much. --Bacon. 2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.] I pray you, think you question with the Jew. --Shak. | |
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Questioner \Ques"tion*er\, n. One who asks questions; an inquirer. [bd]Little time for idle questioners.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Questioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Questioning}.] [Cf. F. questionner. See {Question}, n.] 1. To ask questions; to inquire. He that questioneth much shall learn much. --Bacon. 2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.] I pray you, think you question with the Jew. --Shak. | |
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Questionist \Ques"tion*ist\, n. 1. A questioner; an inquirer. [Obs.] 2. (Eng. Univ.) A candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time of his examination. | |
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Questionless \Ques"tion*less\, a. Unquestioning; incurious. [R.] | |
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Questionless \Ques"tion*less\, adv. Beyond a question or doubt; doubtless; certainly.[R.] --South. What it was in the apostles' time, that, questionless, it must be still. --Milton. | |
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Questman \Quest"man\, n.; pl. {Questmen}. One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures. Specifically: (a) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman. --Blount. [Obs.] (b) A collector of parish rents. --Blount. [Obs.] | |
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Questman \Quest"man\, n.; pl. {Questmen}. One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures. Specifically: (a) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman. --Blount. [Obs.] (b) A collector of parish rents. --Blount. [Obs.] | |
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Questmonger \Quest"mon`ger\, n. One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Time \Time\, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[c6]ma, akin to t[c6]d time, and to Icel. t[c6]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [fb]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof. The time wasteth [i. e. passes away] night and day. --Chaucer. I know of no ideas . . . that have a better claim to be accounted simple and original than those of space and time. --Reid. 2. A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. --Heb. i. 1. 3. The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times. 4. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal. Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to God, to religion, to mankind. --Buckminster. 5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity. There is . . . a time to every purpose. --Eccl. iii. 1. The time of figs was not yet. --Mark xi. 13. 6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition. She was within one month of her time. --Clarendon. 7. Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen. Summers three times eight save one. --Milton. 8. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration. Till time and sin together cease. --Keble. 9. (Gram.) Tense. 10. (Mus.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time. Some few lines set unto a solemn time. --Beau. & Fl. Note: Time is often used in the formation of compounds, mostly self-explaining; as, time-battered, time-beguiling, time-consecrated, time-consuming, time-enduring, time-killing, time-sanctioned, time-scorner, time-wasting, time-worn, etc. {Absolute time}, time irrespective of local standards or epochs; as, all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same instant of absolute time. {Apparent time}, the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit of the sun's center over the meridian. {Astronomical time}, mean solar time reckoned by counting the hours continuously up to twenty-four from one noon to the next. {At times}, at distinct intervals of duration; now and then; as, at times he reads, at other times he rides. {Civil time}, time as reckoned for the purposes of common life in distinct periods, as years, months, days, hours, etc., the latter, among most modern nations, being divided into two series of twelve each, and reckoned, the first series from midnight to noon, the second, from noon to midnight. {Common time} (Mil.), the ordinary time of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute. {Equation of time}. See under {Equation}, n. {In time}. (a) In good season; sufficiently early; as, he arrived in time to see the exhibition. (b) After a considerable space of duration; eventually; finally; as, you will in time recover your health and strength. {Mean time}. See under 4th {Mean}. {Quick time} (Mil.), time of marching, in which one hundred and twenty steps, each thirty inches in length, are taken in one minute. {Sidereal time}. See under {Sidereal}. {Standard time}, the civil time that has been established by law or by general usage over a region or country. In England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the people, viz., Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians west from Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight hours slower than Greenwich time. {Time ball}, a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a pole, to indicate true midday time, as at Greenwich Observatory, England. --Nichol. {Time bargain} (Com.), a contract made for the sale or purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds, at a certain time in the future. | |
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Quasqueton, IA (city, FIPS 65235) Location: 42.39545 N, 91.75643 W Population (1990): 579 (249 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52326 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
question mark Common names: query; {ITU-T}: question mark; {ques}. Rare: whatmark; {INTERCAL}: what; wildchar; huh; hook; buttonhook; hunchback. Question mark is used, along with {colon} for {C}'s {lazy} triadic "if" {operator} (similar to the {IIF} function in {Visual Basic}). The expression x?y:z evaluates x, then if x is true it returns y else it returns z. In {Unix} {shell} file name patterns, question mark matches any single character. (2003-06-17) | |
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Quicktime standard for integrating {full-motion video} and digitised sound into {application program}s. [Details? Archives?] (1995-04-21) | |
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quiesce time render it inactive), or the length of time between periods of inactivity. (2000-03-05) |