Query
query (?), n.; pl.Queries (#). (L. quaere, imperative sing. of
quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask,
inquire. Cf. Acquire, Conquer, Exquisite,
Quest, Require.) 1. A question; an
inquiry to be answered or solved.
I shall conclude with proposing only some
queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by
others. Sir I. Newton.
2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have
a query about his sincerity.
3. An interrogation point (?) as the sign of a
question or a doubt.
query , v. i. 1. Toask questions; to make inquiry.
Each prompt to query, answer, and
debate. Pope.
2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he
is right.
query , v. t. (imp. p. pr. to
elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items
or the amount; to query the motive or the fact.
2. To address questions to; to examine by
questions.
3. To doubt of; to regard with
incredulity.
4. To write query (qu., qy., or ?) against,
as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See
Quare.
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