Question, kwest'-yun, s

the act of asking; an interrogatory; that which is asked; inquiry; dispute; doubt; examination; subject under discu ion; a proposition stated by way of interrogation [Logic]. Question! to the point in to be debate. Begging the question, a uming the point proved. In question, in debate. Out of the question, not to be thought of. Previous question, amotion that there be no question. Nuttall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language