Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUES-TION, n. ques'chun.

1. {Fr. and Sp. question; L. quæstio. See Quest.]
2. The act of asking; an interrogatory; as, to examine by question and answer.
3. That which is asked; something proposed which is to be solved by answer. What is the question?
4. Inquiry; disquisition; discussion. It is to be put to question, whether it is lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war, simply for the propagation of the faith. Bacon.
5. Dispute or subject of debate. There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews, about purifying. John iii.
6. Doubt; controversy; dispute. The story is true beyond all question. This does not bring their truth in question. Locke.
7. Trial; examination; judicial trial or inquiry. Of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. Acts xxiii. xxiv.
8. Examination by torture. Blackstone. Aylife.
9. Endeavor; effort; act of seeking. [Not in use.] Shak.
10. In logic, a proposition stated by way of interrogation. In question, in debate; in the course of examination or discussion; as, the matter or point in question.