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inquire

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Word definitions for inquire in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inquire \In*quire"\, v. t. To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting. Having thus at length inquired the truth concerning law and dispense. --Milton. And all obey and few inquire his will. --Byron. To call or name. ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" [syn: ask , enquire ] have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" [syn: wonder , enquire ] conduct an inquiry ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., from Old French enquerre "ask, inquire about" (Modern French enquérir ), from Vulgar Latin *inquaerere , from Latin in- "into" (see in- (2)) + quaerere "ask, seek" (see query (v.)). Respelled 14c. on Latin model, but half-Latinized enquire still ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB about ▪ They will then be able to offer advice and first hand experience when parents inquire about good local schools. ▪ He inquired about whether he had any discretion as to the hiring of the young man. ▪ They were ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (lb en US) To ask (about something). 2 To make an inquiry or an investigation.

Usage examples of inquire.

Malipiero would often inquire from me what advantages were accruing to me from the welcome I received at the hands of the respectable ladies I had become acquainted with at his house, taking care to tell me, before I could have time to answer, that they were all endowed with the greatest virtue, and that I would give everybody a bad opinion of myself, if I ever breathed one word of disparagement to the high reputation they all enjoyed.

All friends inquire very particularly and affectionately after you, particularly your cousin, Mrs.

Susanna the next morning went in to Alette, to inquire how she had slept and so on, she found Harald already with his sister, and around her were outspread the linen, the neckerchiefs, the pocket-handkerchiefs, the tablecloths, etc.

When he reached the Abbey he inquired for the Almoner whose task it is to give food and clothes to the poor.

I am an elder of the Church of the Apocryphal You are inquiring about someone we now know as Sister Aquila.

Sir Nevile Henderson, the British ambassador, who had been sent to Berlin by Prime Minister Chamberlain to apply his skills as a professional diplomat to the appeasement of Hitler and who applied them to the utmost, called repeatedly at the German Foreign Office to inquire about German troop movements and to advise caution.

Bob, on the previous evening, now rushed into the mind of Arabin, and he called the settler aside and informed him of it, and inquired if he thought his men would steal or conceal the horse.

Of which men should gladly hearken and inquire with all their hearts, to wit what is penitence, and whence it is called penitence, and in what manner, and in how many manners, be the actions or workings of penitence, and how many species there be of penitences, and what things appertain and behove to penitence, and what things disturb penitence.

At last he could bear suspense no longer, and he wrote to Messrs Beit, inquiring in a humble manner whether the manuscript had arrived in safety.

She had inquired about the Beit Melek Ali and had learnt it was a big house built right out on the river some way down the West Bank.

Messrs Beit, inquiring in a humble manner whether the manuscript had arrived in safety.

After much praise, in which Gryphius joined, Birken inquired cautiously, as though asking his mentor for advice, whether it was seemly to couch a child that had died in the womb in so light-footed a verse form.

While the poets cast mocking glances at one another, while Greflinger whistled a tune, while Birken smiled with moist lips, Schneuber waxed offensive under his breath, and Lauremberg inquired what had become of young Scheffler.

He began to inquire the Name of some prominent Theatre Blokie who was a keen Student of the Classics and a Person of super-refined Taste.

He came round to the front entrance with the saddled pony, and from him Boshy inquired the whereabouts of Mrs.