interpellate
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Is interpellate a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something).obsolete
2. (philosophy) To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate).Examples: "[…] a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender."; "[…] the question may be whether the individual should let herself be interpellated as a feminist, a Christian or a worker. Perhaps all of these possibilities seem attractive, but they point in different directions […]"; "[…] whereas the Palestinian subjects are interpellated as: the martyr... a young Palestinian... a Palestinian teenager."
3. (transitive, chiefly politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.Examples: "After the gentleman and Senator [Mariano Jesús] Cuenco interpellated me, I knew already that my bill was hopeless. That is why I presented that bill on February 4th, but it slept the sleep of the just in the Committee on Education."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary