Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Query

Query , noun

[Latin quaere, imperative sing. of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Compare 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 , intransitive verb

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 , transitive verb

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 Quare.