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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 




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