Pronunciations (3)
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/ˌɪn.təɹˈpɛl.eɪt/
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/ɪnˈtɜɹ.pəˌleɪt/
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ˌɪn.təɹ.ˈpɛl.eɪt
Verb
To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something).
Usage- Obsolete
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).
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[…] a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.
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[…] 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.
To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.
Usage- Transitive
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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.
Verb
question formally about policy or government business