Quaere

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkwɪəri/

Alternative forms

• quære archaic

Origin

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

Verb

verb

1. (archaic) To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt.
• 1970, Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander:Now, she cannot express her emotions fully: Quaere: will she feel them fully?

Full definition of quaere

Noun

1. (archaic) A question or query.
• 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 3 (Penguin 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.