| Definitions | quaere
noun
- (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
- (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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