| 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. [ 1913 Webster ] I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. An interrogation point [ ? ] as the sign of a question or a doubt. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Query | v. i. 1. To ask questions; to make inquiry. [ 1913 Webster ] Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Query | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To address questions to; to examine by questions. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To write “ query” (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quære. [ 1913 Webster ] |
