querying

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To address questions to; to examine by questions. [1913 Webster]

3.To doubt of; to regard with incredulity. [1913 Webster]

4.To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Qu[ae]re. [1913 Webster]