query

query is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.
  2. 2.An interrogation point [] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
  3. 3.To ask questions; to make inquiry. Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. Pope.
  4. 4.To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
  5. 5.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.
  6. 6.To address questions to; to examine by questions.
  7. 7.To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
  8. 8.To write " query" (qu., qy., or ) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quære.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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