Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cross-question
Participle: cross-questioned
Gerund: cross-questioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cross-question |
| you | cross-question |
| he;she;it | cross-questions |
| we | cross-question |
| you | cross-question |
| they | cross-question |
Perfect
| I | have cross-questioned |
| you | have cross-questioned |
| he;she;it | has cross-questioned |
| we | have cross-questioned |
| you | have cross-questioned |
| they | have cross-questioned |
Past
| I | cross-questioned |
| you | cross-questioned |
| he;she;it | cross-questioned |
| we | cross-questioned |
| you | cross-questioned |
| they | cross-questioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had cross-questioned |
| you | had cross-questioned |
| he;she;it | had cross-questioned |
| we | had cross-questioned |
| you | had cross-questioned |
| they | had cross-questioned |
Future
| I | will cross-question |
| you | will cross-question |
| he;she;it | will cross-question |
| we | will cross-question |
| you | will cross-question |
| they | will cross-question |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cross-questioned |
| you | will have cross-questioned |
| he;she;it | will have cross-questioned |
| we | will have cross-questioned |
| you | will have cross-questioned |
| they | will have cross-questioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cross-question |
| you | cross-question |
| he;she;it | cross-question |
| we | cross-question |
| you | cross-question |
| they | cross-question |
Perfect
| I | have cross-questioned |
| you | have cross-questioned |
| he;she;it | have cross-questioned |
| we | have cross-questioned |
| you | have cross-questioned |
| they | have cross-questioned |
Imperfect
| I | cross-questioned |
| you | cross-questioned |
| he;she;it | cross-questioned |
| we | cross-questioned |
| you | cross-questioned |
| they | cross-questioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had cross-questioned |
| you | had cross-questioned |
| he;she;it | had cross-questioned |
| we | had cross-questioned |
| you | had cross-questioned |
| they | had cross-questioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cross-question |
| you | would cross-question |
| he;she;it | would cross-question |
| we | would cross-question |
| you | would cross-question |
| they | would cross-question |
Perfect
| I | would have cross-questioned |
| you | would have cross-questioned |
| he;she;it | would have cross-questioned |
| we | would have cross-questioned |
| you | would have cross-questioned |
| they | would have cross-questioned |
Imperative
| you | cross-question |
| we | Let's cross-question |
| you | cross-question |
Verbs conjugated like 'cross-question'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cross-question'
requestion,
cross-cast,
cross-dress,
cross-foster,
cross-multiply,
cross-stitch,
cross-train,
cryosection,
cryosequester,
possession,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From cross- + question.
Sample Sentences
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The good man, he looks on us so clear and cheery, and in his neighbourly soft-smiling eyes we see so well our own shadow, - we have a longing always to cross-question him. [1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 1, Jocelin of Brakelond”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):]
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the best way to get things clear is if we gently cross-question this very statement. [2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 237b:]