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Inquired

Inquire \In*quire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inquired; p. pr. & vb. n. Inquiring.] [OE. enqueren, inqueren, OF. enquerre, F. enqu['e]rir, L. inquirere, inquisitum; pref. in- in + quarere to seek. See Quest a seeking, and cf. Inquiry.]

  1. To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

    We will call the damsel, and inquire.
    --Gen. xxiv. 57.

    Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him.
    --1 Sam. xxiii. 4.

  2. To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knowledge; to make examination.

    And inquire Gladly into the ways of God with man.
    --Miltom.

    Note: This word is followed by of before the person asked; as, to inquire of a neighbor. It is followed by concerning, after, or about, before the subject of inquiry; as, his friends inquired about or concerning his welfare. ``Thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.''
    --Eccl. vii. 10. It is followed by into when search is made for particular knowledge or information; as, to inquire into the cause of a sudden death. It is followed by for or after when a place or person is sought, or something is missing. ``Inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus.''
    --Acts ix. 11.

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inquired

vb. (en-past of: inquire)

Usage examples of "inquired".

Did I not wonder, they inquired, why the mother did not shoo away the flies?

My father and uncle and the slave Nostril also several times inquired if I was being made ill by the rolling gait of my camel.

They were agog at our possession of it, as they had earlier been impressed to hear my father and uncle speaking their tongue, and they inquired if we wished to give them any orders in the name of the Khakhan.

The first time we saw the lights, I inquired of our escorts what they might be.

That first night, before we began, she inquired timidly whether I would desire children.

Evidently the great cow elephants had not been much exercised since the king had run away on one of their sisters, so the stable men were pleased and acquiescent when we inquired, through Yissun, if we might ride a gajah.

The next day, our host kindly went out and inquired among his neighbors and found one who was driving his ox cart to the next village inland, and would take me and Tofaa along.

In as steady a voice as possible, I inquired what had become of the star, and how he could keep a course or know his position without that fixed point of reference.

I had previously inquired of Dantes what was his opinion of you, and if he should have any reluctance to continue you in your post, for somehow I have perceived a sort of coolness between you.

Her beauty and high bearing surprised him, and when she inquired what had become of her lover, it seemed to him that she was the judge, and he the accused.

During dessert, the servant inquired at what time they wished for the carriage.

Signor Pastrini, who had been accustomed to see them dine together, inquired into the cause of his absence, but Franz merely replied that Albert had received on the previous evening an invitation which he had accepted.

Cocles opened the gate, and Baptistin, springing from the box, inquired whether Monsieur and Madame Herbault and Monsieur Maximilian Morrel would see his excellency the Count of Monte Cristo.

I have never inquired the amount of her fortune, which, however limited it may be, exceeds mine.

Beauchamp had not been seen since the day he visited Albert, and those of whom the latter inquired always told him he was out on a journey which would detain him some days.