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noun 
  1. (archaic) A question or query.
  • 1761: 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 quí¦re of three words unseasonably popping in full upon him " Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 3 (Penguin 2003, p. 216)
verb 
  1. (archaic) To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt.
  • 1970: Now, she cannot express her emotions fully: Quaere: will she feel them fully? " Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander
Etymology: From Latin quaereLatin, quaere "ask, seek".

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