Query — Defs

01 n. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.

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.” — 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.

02 v. i. To ask questions; to make inquiry.

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.

03 v. t. 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.

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. See: Quære