Category:Query

Que"ry, n.; pl. Queries. Etym: [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 Que"ry, v. 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.

Query Que"ry, v. 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.