interpellation
interpellation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 35 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The act of interposing or interceding; intercession. Accepted by his interpellation and intercession. Jer. Taylor.
- 2.An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate.
- 3.A official summons or citation. Ayliffe.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accost
- address
- allocution
- alloquy
- apostrophe
- apostrophize
- appeal
- aside
- audience
- ball
- button
- call
- dialogism
- dialogue
- ear
- halloo
- hey
- hist
- interview
- invocation
- invoke
- lecture
- make
- plank
- platform
- private
- salutation
- salute
- soho
- speak
- speech
- take
- talk
- the
- word
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is interpellation.
- What is the act of interposing or interceding; intercession. Accepted by his interpellation and intercession. Jer. Taylor called?
- What is an act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate called?
- What is a official summons or citation. Ayliffe called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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