QUERY

n. v.

9 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

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

3.
n.

An interrogation point [] as the sign of a question or a doubt.

4.
v.

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

5.
v.

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

6.
v.

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.

7.
v.

To address questions to; to examine by questions.

8.
v.

To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.

9.
v.

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


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