interpellate
[ in-ter-pel-eyt, in-tur-puh-leyt ]
/ ˌɪn tərˈpɛl eɪt, ɪnˈtɜr pəˌleɪt /
verb (used with object), in·ter·pel·lat·ed, in·ter·pel·lat·ing.
to call formally upon (a minister or member of a government) in interpellation.
Origin of interpellate
1590–1600; < Latin
interpellātus past participle of
interpellāre to interrupt, equivalent to
inter-
inter- +
-pellā(re) to speak +
-tus past participle suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM interpellate
in·ter·pel·la·tor [in-ter-puh-ley-ter, in-tur-puh-ley-] /ˈɪn tər pəˌleɪ tər, ɪnˈtɜr pəˌleɪ-/, nounWords nearby interpellate
Example sentences from the Web for interpellate
He was accustomed now to so many stops, that he felt surprised when nobody rose to interpellate.
Cradock Nowell, Vol. 1 (of 3) |Richard Doddridge BlackmoreLeave to interpellate will certainly be asked for this afternoon.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete |Emile ZolaI should thus have been enabled, for a few moments, to interpellate a god on things of the other world.
From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows |Victor MeignanIn 1885 several deputies, calling themselves Socialists, began to interpellate the ministry on the labor questions.
Socialism and Democracy in Europe |Samuel P. Orth
British Dictionary definitions for interpellate
interpellate
/ (ɪnˈtɜːpɛˌleɪt) /
verb
(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
Derived forms of interpellate
interpellation, noun interpellator, nounWord Origin for interpellate
C16: from Latin
interpellāre to disturb, from
inter- +
pellere to push