quaerere
Quaerere is a Latin verb meaning to seek, to search, to inquire, or to ask. It is a third‑conjugation verb. The principal parts are quaero, quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitum, which yield the present active (quaero, quaeris, quaerit, quaerimus, quaeritis, quaerunt), the imperfect (quaerebam, quaerebas, quaerebat, quaerebamus, quaerebatis, quaerebant), the future (quaeram, quaeres, quaeret, quaerēmus, quaerētis, quaerent), and the perfect (quaesivi, quaesivisti, quaesivit, quaesivimus, quaesivistis, quaesiverunt). The supine is quaesitum and the perfect passive participle is quaesitus (masc.), quaesita (fem.), quaesitum (neut.).
Quaerere is transitive and usually takes a direct object in the accusative to indicate what is sought
Etymology and derivatives: From Latin quaero, quaerere; ultimately from Proto-Italic *kwaer- and Proto-Indo-European roots meaning “to