Query \Que"ry\, n.; pl. Queries. [L. quaere, imperative sing. of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Cf. Acquire, Conquer, Exquisite, Quest, Require.]

1. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.

I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others. --Sir I. Newton.

2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.

3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Query \Que"ry\, v. i.

1. To ask questions; to make inquiry.

Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. --Pope.

2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Query \Que"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Queried; p. pr. & vb. n. Querying.]

1. To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact.

2. To address questions to; to examine by questions.

3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.

4. To write `` query'' (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Qu[ae]re.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)