Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

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 : WordNet®

query
     n : an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my
         training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were
         present" [syn: {question}, {inquiry}, {enquiry}, {interrogation}]
         [ant: {answer}]
     v : pose a question [syn: {question}]
     [also: {queried}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

query
     
        1.  A user's (or {agent}'s)
        request for information, generally as a formal request to a
        {database} or {search engine}.
     
        {SQL} is the most common {database query language}.
     
        2.  {question mark}.
     
        (1997-04-09)