Inquire

Definition of Inquire

In`quire´
v. i.1.To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.
[imp. & p. p. Inquired ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inquiring.]
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.
v. t.1.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.
2.To call or name.

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