into question, subject to examination; put to
the proof &c. (experiment) 463; audit, tax, pass in review; take into consideration &c. (think over) 451; take counsel &c. 695.
     [intransitive] question, demand; put the question, pop the question,
propose the question, propound the question, moot the question, start the question, raise the question, stir the question, suggest the question, put forth the question, ventilate the question, grapple with the question, go into a question.
      question[transitive:  human object], put to the question, interrogate,
pump; subject to interrogation, subject to examination; cross-question, cross-examine; press for an answer; give the third degree; put to the inquisition; dodge|!.
     catechize.
     require an answer; pick the brains of, suck the brains of; feel the
pulse.
     get the lay of the land; see how the wind is blowing; put one’s ear to
the ground.
     [intransitive] be in question &c. adj.; undergo examination. 
     Adj. inquiry &c. v.; inquisitive &c. (curious) 455; requisitive|,
requisitory[obs3]; catechetical[obs3], inquisitorial, analytic; in search of, in quest of; on the lookout for, interrogative, zetetic[obs3]; all searching.
     undetermined, untried, undecided; in question, in dispute, in issue,
in course of inquiry; under discussion, under consideration, under investigation &c. n.; sub judice[Lat], moot, proposed; doubtful &c. (uncertain) 475. 
     Adv. what? why? wherefore? whence? whither? where? quaere? how comes
it[Lat], how happens it, how is it? what is the reason? what’s the matter, what’s in the wind? what on earth? when? who? nicht wahr?[Ger].

     #462.  Answer. —­ N. answer, response, reply, replication, riposte,
rejoinder, surrejoinder[obs3], rebutter, surrebutter[obs3], retort, repartee; rescript, rescription[obs3]; antiphon[obs3], antiphony; acknowledgment; password; echo; counter statement.
     discovery &c. 480a; solution &c. (explanation) 522; rationale &c.
(cause) 153; clue &c. (indication) 550. 
     Oedipus; oracle &c. 513; return &c. (record) 551. 
     V. answer, respond, reply, rebut, retort, rejoin; give for answer,
return for answer; acknowledge, echo.
     explain &c. (interpret) 522; solve &c. (unriddle) 522; discover &c.
480a; fathom, hunt out &c. (inquire) 461; satisfy, set at rest, determine. 
     Adj. answering &c. v.; responsive, respondent; conclusive. 
     Adv. because &c. (cause) 153; on the scent, on the right scent. 
     Int. eureka!

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     #463.  Experiment. —­ N. experiment; essay &c. (attempt) 675; analysis
&c. (investigation) 461; screen; trial, tentative method, ttonnement.
     verification, probation, experimentum crucis[Lat], proof,
(demonstration) 478; criterion, diagnostic, test, probe, crucial test, acid test, litmus test.
     crucible, reagent, check,