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quaere

[ kweer-ee ]

verb (imperative)

  1. ask; inquire (used to introduce or suggest a question).


noun

  1. a query or question.

quaere

/ ˈkwɪərɪ /

noun

  1. a query or question
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

interjection

  1. ask or inquire: used esp to introduce a question
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quaere1

1525–35; < Latin, 2nd person singular imperative of quaerere to seek, ask
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quaere1

C16: Latin, imperative of quaerere to inquire
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Example Sentences

It seems the town she hails from has been arbitrarily renamed Quaere by a cartographer, confusing residents who had always referred to it as North Burcombe.

According to the play, Quaere, in Latin, means something missing or absent, and despite Shakespeare’s resistance, Imogen eventually has herself written into the First Folio, which Henry has dedicated himself to preparing.

Persa sagax, propera: discurre per ardua regum Tecta, per auratas marmoreasque domus:95 Quaere �, quae intepuit Reginae purpura partu; Principe vagitu quae domus insonuit.

Me quoque solicito quaere per arva gradu.

How could you ever have penned such a quaere?

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