(Fuller  forms  occur  in  Ital.  gridare,  Span.
gridar,  Port,  gritar.)  —  L.  quiritare,  to
shriek,  cry,  lament  (Brachet).  Frequent,
of  L.  queri,  to  lament.
decry,  to  condemn.  (F.— L.)  O.  F.
descrier,  to  cry  down,  disparage.  —  O.  F.
des- » L.  dis~t  implying  the  reversal  of  an
act,  and  here  opposed  to  'cry  up ; '  crUr,
to  cry  (above).
quarrel  (1),  a  dispute.  (F.-L.)  M.E.
querele.  —  O.  F.  querele,  later  quere  lie—
L.  querela,  a  complaint.  —  L.  queri,  to
complain.
querimonious,  fretful.  (L.)  From
L.  quetimonia,  a  complaint.  —  L.  queri,  to
complain ;  with  Aryan  suffixes  -man-ya.
Query,  an  enquiry.  (L.)  Put  for  quare,
i.e.  enquire  thou.— L.  quart \  imp.  sing.  2.
pers.  of  qucerere,  to  seek  (put  for  quas-ere  *,
as  in  L.  quaso*  I  beg).  Cf.  Skt.  chi%  to
search.
acquire.  (L.)  L.  acquirere,  to  get,
obtain.— L.  ac-t  for  ad,  to;  qucerere,  to
seek.  Der.  acquisition ;  from  pp.  ac-
quisitus.
conquer.  (F.— L.)  M.E.  conqueren.
—  O.  F.  conquerre.  —  'L.  conquirere,  to  seek
after,  go  in  quest  of;  in  late  L.,  to  con-
quer.— L.  con-  (cum),  with;  quarere,  to
seek.  Der. .  conquest,  M.  E.  conqueste,
from  Low  L.  conquisifum,  neut.  of  conqui-
situs,  pp.  of  conquirere.
disquisition,  an  investigation.  (L.)
From  L.  disquisitio,  a  search  into.  —  L.
disquisitus,  pp.  of  disquirere,  to  examine.
L.  dis-,  apart ;  qucerere,  to  seek.
enquire.   (F.-L.)     M.  E.  enpuren;

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QUEST.
altered  from  enquere  to  enquire  to  make  it
look  more  like  Latin;  and  afterwards  to
inquire,  to  make  it  look  still  more  so.—
O.  F.  enquerre,  enquerir.  —  'L.  inquirere,
to  search  into.  — L.  in,  'in;  quarere,  to
seek.  Der.  enquir-y,  often  turned  into
inquiry ;  enquest  (now  inquest),  from  O.  F.
