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Webster 1913 Edition

Query

Que′ry

,
Noun.
;
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.

Que′ry

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To ask questions; to make inquiry.
Each prompt to
query
, answer, and debate.
Pope.
2.
To have a doubt;
as, I
query
if he is right
.

Que′ry

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Queried
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Querying
.]
1.
To put questions about; 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
Quære
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Query

QUE'RY

,
Noun.
[from L. quaere, imperative of quaero; perhaps Heb. to seek, to search, to inquire.]
A question; an inquiry to be answered or resolved.
I will conclude by proposing some queries.

QUE'RY

,
Verb.
I.
To ask a question or questions.
Three Cambridge sophs each prompt to query, answer and debate.

QUE'RY

, v.t.
1.
To seek; to inquire; as, query the sum or amount; query the motive or the fact.
2.
To examine by questions.
3.
To doubt of.

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