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interpellate

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˌɪn.təɹˈpɛl.eɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeeeillnprttStarts with IEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. question formally about policy or government business

Word origin

First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin interpellātus, perfect passive participle of interpellō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French interpeller.

Used in a sentence

  • […] a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.
  • […] the question may be whether the individual should let herself be interpellated as a feminist, a Christian or a worker. Perhaps all of these possibilities seem attractive, but they point in different directions […]
  • […] whereas the Palestinian subjects are interpellated as: the martyr... a young Palestinian... a Palestinian teenager.

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