Question

s. (question, French.) 1.1Interrogatory; any thing inquired (Bacon). 2. Inquiry; disquisition (Bacon). 3. A dispute; a subject of debate (John). 4. Affair to be examined (Swift). 5. Doubt; controversy; _dispute (Zillotson). 6. Judicial trial (Hooker). 7. Examination by torture (Ayliffe). 8. State of being the subject of present inquiry (Hooker), Q. Endeavour; search: not used (Shakspeare).