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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Question  \Ques"tion\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Questioned};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Questioning}.]  [Cf.  F.  questionner.  See  {Question}, 
  n.] 
  1.  To  ask  questions;  to  inquire. 
 
  He  that  questioneth  much  shall  learn  much  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  To  argue;  to  converse;  to  dispute.  [Obs.] 
 
  I  pray  you  think  you  question  with  the  Jew.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  questioning 
  adj  1:  perplexed  (as  if  being  expected  to  know  something  that  you 
  do  not  know);  "he  had  a  quizzical  expression"  [syn:  {quizzical}] 
  2:  marked  by  or  given  to  doubt;  "a  skeptical  attitude";  "a 
  skeptical  listener"  [syn:  {doubting},  {skeptical},  {sceptical}] 
  3:  showing  curiosity;  "if  someone  saw  a  man  climbing  a  light 
  post  they  might  get  inquisitive";  "raised  a  speculative 
  eyebrow"  [syn:  {inquisitive},  {speculative},  {wondering(a)}] 
  n  :  a  request  for  information  [syn:  {inquiring}]




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