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verb

quérir

/ke.ʁiʁ/

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verb/ke.ʁiʁ/

to seek; used especially after certain verbs; to want

Il a fait (ou envoyé) quérir son frère.He bade his brother come.

Inherited from Middle French querir, from Old French querre (with conjugation change), from Latin quaerere (“to seek”). Compare also Walloon cweri. Cognate with Portuguese querer and Spanish querer.