Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
quire , quire.
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Examples
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Arriving 10 minutes before the doors opened, the quere was already halfway down the street.
A Bookish Day...and the Sarajevo Haggadah | The Creative Penn 2009
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Etymology: from the verb quere to desire, to want.
Carlos The Impossible (Part 1) JTK Belle 2010
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I have been thus particular in transcribing this passage from Cole, because this copy, mentioned as being in the possession of Mr. Knight, jun. (quere, where is it now?), varies from mine, obtained from Mr. Heber's Collection, and was no doubt the one prepared and corrected for the press by Basse.
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Item viii petycanons to synge and serve in the quere every of them
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See Joseph E. Bygate
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"Este no quere combate" (you don't desire to fight), said the corporal, in crude Spanish.
The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War
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Your first quere is, are the words of the Treaty "there shall be no legal impediment to the bona fide recovery of debts on either side,"
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In 1545-6, Whitborne, the clerk, received 12 s. towards his wages, and he "to be bound to teche ij children free for the quere."
The Parish Clerk 1892
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Chupam chi [c] a huna ok xey [c] o chicop, xche chel ut, quere ri e ute chi oxi Caok xey [c] o oher pa tinamit chi Yximchee, kitzih tixibin chi chicop.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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He [c] a ri qui [c] ahol [c] oxahil [c] obakil, quere navipe ri qui
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Xet, xaco [c,] iham qui tun, quere [c] a xubinaah vican huyu Tunaco [c,] ih ri.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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