Quaere
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkwɪəɹi/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Quaere is a verb meaning (law, otherwise archaic) To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt.
Meaning
(law, otherwise archaic) To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt.
More Meanings
- (archaic) A question or query.
Example Sentences
Now, she cannot express her emotions fully: Quaere: will she feel them fully?
Had ten dozen of hornets stung him behind in so many places all at one time,—he could not have […] started half so much, as with one single quære of three words unseasonably popping in full upon him.
Suppose then the cube and sphere placed on a table, and the blind man be made to see: quaere, whether by his sight, before he touched them, he could now distinguish and tell which is the globe, which the cube?
Word Forms
- quaeres
- quaereing
- quaered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quaeritate, inquere, exquire, pray, requite, shrieve.
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