QUERY

I. noun (plural queries) Etymology: alteration of earlier quere, from Latin quaere, imperative of quaerere to ask Date: circa 1635 question , inquiry , a question in the mind ; doubt , question mark 2, II. transitive verb (queried; ~ing) Date: 1654 to ask questions of especially with a desire for authoritative information, to ask questions about especially in order to resolve a doubt, to put as a question, to mark with a ~, see: ask querier noun