cross-question

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Frequency: 4.84 in modern English

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"The good man, he looks on us so clear and cheery, and in his neighbourly soft-smiling eyes we see so well our own shadow, - we have a longing always to cross-question him."
"the best way to get things clear is if we gently cross-question this very statement."

From cross- + question.

cross-questions (plural) cross-questions (present, singular) cross-questioning (participle, present) cross-questioned (participle, past) cross-questioned (past)

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