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