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.] 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, 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 Quære.
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