GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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