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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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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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