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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quaere(e, Quere(e, n. Also: quær- and -ie, queeree; and pl. querries. [e.m.E. quere (1589), quaere (1619), n., quere v. = ‘one may ask’ (1535), L., imper. of quærere (med. L. querere) to ask.] A (more or less formal or elaborate) question put publicly during a debate or legal hearing or in a literary work.(a) a1633 Hope Major Pract. I 110.
The quaere being moved upon this, that Jhon Hamilton became not caution and therupon wes content to make fayth 1641 Baillie Canterb. Self Convict. Supplement.
The doctours were most busied in writing their quaeries and duplyes against our procedings 1650 Row 489.
Also nine quærees concerning the estate of the Kirk of Scotland 1664 Pitcairn Spiritual Sacrifice 165.
Having already spoken to that quæree(b) 1639 Johnston Diary Ia 80.
He proponed three querees unto us and craved our present answer [etc.] … The first of the querees … , the second queeree … , the third queree 1659 Nicoll Diary 236.
Many and frequent wes the questiones and querees that past among the parliamentaris Ib. 237.
Queries 1660-7 Naphtali (1667) 156. 1671 Argyll Justic. Rec. I 11.
Before proponeing of any of the saids querries