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quaere

American  
[kweer-ee] / ˈkwɪər i /

verb

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


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

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Etymology

Origin of quaere

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

Example Sentences

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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

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

How could you ever have penned such a quaere?

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James

"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

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