quaere

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Etymology

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From Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (seek, look for; ask).

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Verb

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quaere (third-person singular simple present quaeres, present participle quaering or quaereing, simple past and past participle quaered)

  1. (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?

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quaere (plural quaeres)

  1. (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.

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Latin

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Verb

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quaere

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō