Hypertext Webster Gateway: "query"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 {Qu[ae]re}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
query
n : an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my
training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were
present" [syn: {question}, {inquiry}, {enquiry}] [ant: {answer}]
v : pose a question [syn: {question}]
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