quaere

American  

[kweer-ee] / ˈkwɪər i /

verb

1. ask; inquire (used to introduce or suggest a question).

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noun

1. a query or question.

quaere British  

/ ˈkwɪərɪ /

noun

1. a query or question

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interjection

1. ask or inquire: used esp to introduce a question

Etymology

Origin of quaere

1525–35; < Latin, 2nd person singular imperative of quaerere to seek, ask

Example Sentences

The interesting quaere you didn't consider is whether the strict-liability doctrine will ever be applied to services, i.e. doctors' malpractice, as well as to commodities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Very antithetical; but quaere as to the meaning?

From Rejected Addresses by Smith, James

And, quaere, was not the population of Athens greater two centuries before Demetrius, in the days of Pericles?

From Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by De Quincey, Thomas

The following, for example, are all 'leonine':      Qui pingit florem non pingit floris odorem:      Si quis det mannos, ne quaere in dentibus annos.

From On the Study of Words by Trench, Richard Chenevix

A number of instances of Q for quaere are given by A. C.

From A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York by Lowe, E. A. (Elias Avery)