Query /(?)/

Que·ry

Query

n.

pl. Queries

  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.
  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.

Query

v. i.
  1. To ask questions; to make inquiry.
    Each prompt to query, answer, and debate.
  2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.

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.
  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 Quære.