put to the question

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Sir John Eliot moved that it be put to the question, “because they that would have it, do urge us to that point.”

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

The story is, that it was put to the question whether Timocreon should be banished for siding with the Persians, and Themistocles gave his vote against him.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

The young author of "The Gates Ajar" was only put to the question.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various

Nature, poetically says Dr. Reid, is put to the question by a thousand observations and experiments, and forced to confess her secrets.

From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob

He has been brought here to be put to the question, in the mediæval, and Chinese, sense!

From The Devil Doctor by Rohmer, Sax