Definition of query

• n. - A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.
• n. - A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.
• n. - An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
• v. i. - To ask questions; to make inquiry.
• v. i. - To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
• v. t. - To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact.
• v. t. - To address questions to; to examine by questions.
• v. t. - To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
• v. t. - To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere.