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Query \Que"ry\, 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.
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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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2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about
his sincerity.
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3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a
doubt.
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Query \Que"ry\, v. i.
1. To ask questions; to make inquiry.
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Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. --Pope.
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2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
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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.
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2. To address questions to; to examine by questions.
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3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
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4. To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful
spelling, or sense, in a proof. See {Qu[ae]re}.
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