different between interrogate vs controvert

English

Etymology

From Latin interrog?tus, past participle of interrog?re (“to ask, question”), from inter (“between”) + rog?re (“to ask”); see rogation.

Pronunciation

Verb

interrogate (third-person singular simple present interrogates, present participle interrogating, simple past and past participle interrogated)

1. (transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner

2. (transitive, computing) to query; to request information from.

3. (transitive, literary) to examine critically.
   • 2015. Rita Kiki Edozie, Curtis Stokes. Malcolm X's Michigan Worldview: An Exemplar for Contemporary Black Studies. Michigan State University Press.

     Griffin's approach allows her to reveal Billie Holiday's resilient strength of character and to interrogate the racism she endured, which was as tragic as her personal mistakes.

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References

• interrogate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• interrogate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Verb

interrogate

1. second-person plural present indicative of interrogare
2. second-person plural imperative of interrogare
3. feminine plural of interrogato

Anagrams

• integratore, reintegrato

Latin

Verb

interrog?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of interrog?

English

Etymology

From post-classical Latin controvertere (6th century), from Latin contro- (“against”) + vertere (“to turn”).

Verb

controvert (third-person singular simple present controverts, present participle controverting, simple past and past participle controverted)

1. (transitive) To dispute, to argue about (something). [from 16th c.]
2. (transitive) To argue against (something or someone); to contradict, to deny. [from 16th c.]
   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 234:

     [T]hat women from their education and the present state of civilized life, are in the same condition, cannot, I think, be controverted.

3. (intransitive) To be involved or engaged in controversy; to argue. [from 17th c.]

Related terms

• controversial
• controversialist
• controversy
• controverter
• controvertible
• incontrovertible

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Further reading

• controvert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• controvert in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.