interpellate (English, verb)
expansion: interpellate (third-person singular simple present interpellates, present participle interpellating, simple past and past participle interpellated)
Senses:
glosses: To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something).
tags: obsolete
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate).
topics: government
politics
glosses: To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: interpellates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: interpellating
tags: participle
present
form: interpellated
tags: participle
past
form: interpellated
tags: past