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English
Etymology
From Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”).
Pronunciation
Verb
quaere (third-person singular simple present quaeres, present participle quaering or quaereing, simple past and past participle quaered)
- (archaic) To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt.
1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding: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?
1970, Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander:Now, she cannot express her emotions fully: Quaere: will she feel them fully?
Noun
quaere (plural quaeres)
- (archaic) A question or query.
1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 3, Penguin, published 2003, page 216: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.
References
Latin
Verb
quaere
- second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō