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quaere
[
kweer
-ee
]
quae·re
/
ˈkwɪər
i
/
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[
kweer
-ee
]
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Archaic
.
verb (imperative)
1.
ask; inquire (used to introduce or suggest a question).
noun
2.
a query or question.
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to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
chat, to converse
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
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Origin:
1525–35;
<
Latin,
2nd person singular imperative of
quaerere
to seek, ask
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quaere
(ˈkwɪərɪ)
—
n
1.
a query or question
—
interj
2.
ask or inquire: used esp to introduce a question
[C16: Latin, imperative of
quaerere
to inquire]
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