Queries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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