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interpellate

[ in-ter-pel-eyt, in-tur-puh-leyt ]

verb (used with object)

interpellated, interpellating.
  1. to call formally upon (a minister or member of a government) to explain an act or policy, sometimes leading, in parliamentary government, to a vote of confidence or a change of government.
  2. Sociology. to maintain power over a population by imposing beliefs, values, and norms on that population rather than using force.


interpellate

/ 瑟苍藞迟蓽藧辫蓻藢濒别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. tr parliamentary procedure (in European legislatures) to question (a member of the government) on a point of government policy, often interrupting the business of the day
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 颈苍藢迟别谤辫别濒藞濒补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 颈苍藞迟别谤辫别濒藢濒补迟辞谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈苍路迟别谤路辫别濒路濒补路迟辞谤 [in, -ter-p, uh, -ley-ter, in-, tur, -p, uh, -ley-], noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of interpellate1

First recorded in 1590鈥1600; from Latin 颈苍迟别谤辫别濒濒腻迟耻蝉, past participle of 颈苍迟别谤辫别濒濒腻谤别 鈥渢o interrupt,鈥 equivalent to inter- 鈥渂etween, among, together鈥 + -辫别濒濒腻(谤别) 鈥渢o speak鈥 + -tus past participle suffix; inter-
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of interpellate1

C16: from Latin 颈苍迟别谤辫别濒濒腻谤别 to disturb, from inter- + pellere to push
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Example Sentences

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The denialist ISA interpellated a range of subjects: businessmen, car owners, Americans, rational agents; perhaps most importantly, everyone who identified themselves as a beneficiary of the free market.

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He doesn鈥檛 do much boasting about himself鈥攂ut by interpellating the crowd in particular terms, Antony is casting himself as one of their number.*

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When the people arrived at Montbazon, the Baron de Vaux must interpellate the leader, and be guided by that person's attitude.

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A few days later the matter of the proposed issue came up in Parliament, and the Postmaster General was interpellated in the House of Commons.

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And no deputy rises to interpellate the liars!

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