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noun

Query n. (pl. queries)

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."

A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.

An interrogation point (?) as the sign of a question or a doubt.

verb

Query v. t. (past & past part. queried; pres. part. 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.

To address questions to; to examine by questions.

To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.

To write " query" (qu., qy., or?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere.

Query v. i.

To ask questions; to make inquiry. "Each prompt to query, answer, and debate."

To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— Jewish Literature and Other Essays • Gustav Karpeles

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