English Explanatory Dictionary

rogatory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Seeking information or evidence, especially from a foreign court

Word forms

rogatory more rogatory most rogatory

Etymology

Borrowed 1750 from French rogatoire, from Medieval Latin rogātōrius (“interrogatory”), from rogō (“to ask, enquire”). By surface analysis, Latin rog- + -ate + -ory.

Related words

interrogatory rogation subrogation

Derived words

rogatory letter letters rogatory
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