[in.ter.ro.gate] vt -gat.ed ; -gat.ing [L interrogatus, pp. of interrogare, fr. inter- + rogare to ask--more at right] (15c) 1: to question formally and systematically
2: to give or send out a signal to (as a transponder or computer) for triggering an appropriate response syn see ask -- in.ter.ro.ga.tee n -- in.ter.ro.ga.tion n -- in.ter.ro.ga.tion.al adj