Dictionary entry

Cross-examine

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cross″–ex‐am″ine (–?m″?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cross-examined (–?nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Cross-examining.] (Law) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. “The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses.” Kent.