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. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Query (2)
Que″ry, v. i. 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.
Query (3)
Que″ry, v. t. [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 ...
Quesal
Que‐sal″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The long-tailed, or resplendent, trogon (Pharomachus mocinno, formerly Trogon resplendens), native of Southern Mexico and Central America. Called also qu...
Quest
Quest (?), n. [OF. queste, F. quête, fr. L. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, to ask. Cf. Query, Question.] 1. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or ...
Quest (2)
Quest, v. t. [Cf. OF. quester, F. quêter. See Quest, n.] To search for; to examine. Sir T. Herbert.
Quest (3)
Quest, v. i. To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. ...
Questant
Quest″ant (?), n. [OF. questant, F. quêtant, p. pr.] One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. Shak.
Quester
Quest″er (?), n. One who seeks; a seeker.
Question
Ques″tion (?), n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See Quest, n.] 1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by questi...
Question (2)
Ques″tion, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Questioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Questioning.] [Cf. F. questionner. See Question, n.] 1. To ask questions; to inquire.He that questioneth much shall ...
Question (3)
Ques″tion, v. t. 1. To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness.2. To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.And most we question...
Questionability
Ques′tion‐a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The state or condition of being questionable. Stallo.
Questionable
Ques″tion‐a‐ble (?), a. 1. Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.Thou com'st in such a questionable shapeThat I will speak to thee. Shak.2. Liab...
Questionableness
Ques″tion‐a‐ble‐ness, n. The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious.
Questionably
Ques″tion‐a‐bly, adv. In a questionable manner.
Questionary
Ques″tion‐a‐ry (?), a. Inquiring; asking questions; testing. “Questionary epistles.” Pope.
Questionary (2)
Ques″tion‐a‐ry, n. One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.
Questionary (3)
Ques″tion‐a‐ry (?), n. A set of questions for submission to a group of persons for the purpose of bringing out their resemblances and differences in the matter considered. The q...
Questioner
Ques″tion‐er (?), n. One who asks questions; an inquirer. “Little time for idle questioners.” Tennyson.
Questionist
Ques″tion‐ist, n. 1. A questioner; an inquirer.2. (Eng. Univ.) A candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time of his examination.
Questionless
Ques″tion‐less, a. Unquestioning; incurious.
Questionless (2)
Ques″tion‐less, adv. Beyond a question or doubt; doubtless; certainly. South.What it was in the apostles' time, that, questionless, it must be still. Milton.
Questionnaire
‖Ques′tion′naire″ (?), n.; pl. -naires (F. �). = Questionary, above.
Questman
Quest″man (?), n.; pl.Questmen (�). One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures. Specifically: (a) A churchwarden's assistant;...
Questmonger
Quest″mon′ger (?), n. One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits. Bacon.
Questor
Ques″tor (?), n. [L. quaestor, contr. fr. quaesitor, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask: cf. F. questeur.] (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who had the management of the public t...