1. (n.) The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

2. (n.) Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question.

3. (n.) Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture.

4. (n.) That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.

5. (n.) Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question.

6. (n.) Talk; conversation; speech; speech.

7. (n.) To ask questions; to inquire.

8. (n.) To argue; to converse; to dispute.

9. (v. t.) To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness.

10. (v. t.) To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.

11. (v. t.) To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to.

12. (v. t.) To talk to; to converse with.

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