cross-question love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To question closely; cross-examine.
  • noun A question asked during cross-examination.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To question minutely or repeatedly; put the same questions to in varied forms; cross-examine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a question asked in cross-examination.
  • transitive verb To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a question performed during a cross-examination
  • verb transitive to subject to close questioning.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side
  • noun a question asked in cross-examination

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