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

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

Ne tamen ignores ubi sim venalis et erres Urbe vagus tota, me duce certus eris: Libertum docti Lucensis quaere Secundum 8 Limina post Pacis Palladiumque forum.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

It had been an excellent quaere to have posed the devil of Delphos, and must needs have forced him to some strange amphibology.

From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Browne, Thomas, Sir

"I was on the roof," replied I, supposing the quaere bore allusion to the mode of my coming.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James