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

The state or condition of being questionable. Stallo.

Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry. [R.] Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. Shak.

The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious.

In a questionable manner.

Inquiring; asking questions; testing. "Questionary epistles." Pope.

One who asks questions; an inquirer. "Little time for idle questioners." Tennyson.

A questioner; an inquirer. [Obs.]

Unquestioning; incurious. [R.]

= Questionary, above.

To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.

Not questionable; as, an unquestionable title.

Not called in question; not doubted.

as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.] To accept a bill (Law), to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due. -- To accept service (Law), to agree that a writ or process shall be considered as regularly served, when it has…

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt. Abbott.

The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.

affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.

In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.

A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.