单词 | quaere |
释义 | quaerev. Now archaic and rare. transitive. To query; to question. Frequently with whether. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] fraynea800 speerc888 askOE fand?c1225 inquirec1290 asearch1382 queerc1390 assay1393 to take knowledge of1399 interrogate1600 quaere1627 query1644 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 131 It might be quæred. 1663 L. Womock Aron-bimnucha or Antidote to cure Calamites 101 He quæres what it is that renders a people blessed. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 5 July 2/1 Nay, let 'em consider of it; and let us Quere about the matter. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 17 Dec. (1885) I. 131 Quaere more about this. 1756 H. Walpole Let. 17 Oct. (1960) XXI. 5 Should not one quære whether he had not those proofs in his hands antecedent to the cabinet? 1840 F. W. Thomas Howard Pinckney II. ix. 88 I quere whether you are as agreeable in your counting-room as you are here. 1964 Univ. of Toronto Law Jrnl. 15 351 No doubt this problem of bias influenced Sidney Smith..to quaere whether in all expulsion cases the accused shouldn't have immediate access to the courts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quaereint.n. Now archaic and rare. A. int. Introducing a question or subject of enquiry: ask, inquire, query; ‘one may ask’, ‘it is a question’ (whether, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > introducing a question [verb (impersonal)] quaere?1530 query1653 qu.1657 qy.1819 ?1530 T. Phaer tr. Natura Breuium f. 7 And it was said that yf one plea be remoued out of ye court of one lord for one cause the cause is trauersable but of one pleynt out of the countye otherways is. Quere [margin Quere the dyuersyte]. a1558 W. Stanford Expos. Kinges Prerog. (1567) f. 54v But quere whether his highnes may bee brought in possession in those cases by a clayme or not. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 135 Notwithstanding, quære, whether a causlesse ambition..turned not rather Golant into Gallant. 1684 N. Luttrell Diary 20 June (1857) I. 312 Quere, how many quarters of the popish traytors were sett up? 1774 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 3 David Sewall..has no ambition nor avarice, they say (however, quaere). 1793 R. Burns Let. 20 Feb. (1985) II. 182 Quere, What is Politics? 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 52 Quere, whether the natural influence of light and heat occasions this apparent coincidence. 1860 J. O'Donovan Three Fragm. 126 Quære, is Conung an Hibernicized form of the Teutonic..koenung, king? 1918 Yale Law Jrnl. 28 84 But quaere whether there might not be a difference according to the character of the law violated. 1962 Conveyancer 26 340 Quaere whether a joint election can be made where the donee is an infant. 1989 Observer 3 Dec. 18/8 Quaere, when did you last hear the word ‘zany’ in ordinary speech? B. n. A question, a query. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of askOE askingOE questionc1350 demandc1386 inquestc1400 interrogationc1405 inquisitionc1440 questioninga1450 inquirea1500 manda1500 terogatores1511 interrogatory1533 inquiry1548 interrogator1561 interrogativea1586 quaere1589 intergatory1590 A1591 Q1591 query1610 interrogate1633 starter1673 querical1699 speer1788 qy.1819 Q1902 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxx. 134 Thy bad doth passe by probat, but a Quere is for mee. 1619 H. Hutton Compend. Hist. Ixion's Wheele in Follie's Anat. sig. D8v It would be thought a Quære at the best. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 282 The greater Quere is, when he will come again, and yet indeed it is no Quere at all. View more context for this quotation 1684 I. Mather Ess. Illustrious Provid. (1856) 176 The quære may be: Whether it is lawful to make use of any sort of herbs..to preserve from witchcrafts. 1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 176 I sett again the quære, how can the Irish..be..deemed rebels? a1740 A. Pope Let. (1956) I wondered a little at your quaere who Cheselden was? 1751 Adventures Judas Hawke 71 To which quære, Ranter..answered in the affirmative. 1803 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 925 The Quere is, whether they are not as likely to fancy it, as to meet with it. 1863 A. J. Horwood Yearbks. 30 & 31 Edward I Pref. 26 (note) This appears to answer Mr. Booth's quaere..as to the reason for the tender of the demy-mark. 1927 Columbia Law Rev. 27 491 The tons of trash that are coming out of England may be entertaining, but those who fear for the supremacy of our prevalent attitudes will raise a quaere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1627int.n.?1530 |
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