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query

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  1. ask                   
 
1. que.ry \'kwi(*)r-e-, 'kwe(*)r-\ n [alter. of earlier quere, fr. L 
   quaere, imper. of quaerere to] ask 1: QUESTION, INQUIRY  2: a question in 
   the mind : DOUBT  3: QUESTION MARK 
2. query vt 1: to put as a question  2: to ask questions about esp. in 
   order to resolve a doubt  3: to ask questions of esp. with a desire for 
   authoritative information  4: to mark with a query