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Query

Quér'ry, n.

noun

(89), n. [Lat. quære, imperative of quærere, to seek or search for, to ask, inquire.] A question; an inquiry to be answered or resolved.

I will conclude by proposing some queries. Newton.

verbintransitive

v. i. To ask questions; to make inquiry; to put incredulous interrogatories.

Three Cambridge sophs. Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. Pope.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. QUERIED; p. pr. & vb. n. QUERYING.]

To seek by questioning; to inquire into; as, query the sum or amount; query the motive or the fact.
To elicit or examine by questions. Gayton.
To doubt of; to treat with incredulity.

☞— This word, or its abbreviation (Qu., or Qu.), is often put after a word or statement regarded as doubtful. See QUÆRE.