Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUES'TION, n. [ques'chun; Fr. and Sp. question; L. quæstio. See Quest.]

1. The act of asking; an interrogatory; as, to examine by question and answer.
2. That which is asked; something proposed which is to be solved by answer. What is the question?
3. 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.
4. Dispute or subject of debate. There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews, about purifying. – John iii.
5. Doubt; controversy; dispute. The story is true beyond all question. This does not bring their truth in question. – Locke.
6. Trial; examination; judicial trial or inquiry. Of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. – Acts xxiii. xxiv.
7. Examination by torture. – Blackstone. Ayliffe.
8. Endeavor; effort; act of seeking. [Not in use.] – Shak.
9. 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.