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verhören — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • depose verb To remove someone, especially a ruler or leader, from power.
  • heckle verb To interrupt a speaker or performer with mocking comments or aggressive questions.
  • interrogate verb To question someone closely and often forcefully, typically to get information out of them.
  • mishear verb To hear wrongly.

Senses

verhören is used for these senses in English:

  • depose To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
  • heckle (transitive) To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses. [from later 18th c.]
  • interrogate (transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner

depose — full definition

  1. verb To remove someone, especially a ruler or leader, from power.
  2. verb To give sworn testimony, or to formally question someone under oath, especially in a legal case.

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