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Synonyms for inquire

Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-kwahyuhr
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈkwaɪər

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Définition of inquire

Origin :
  • 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 persists. Related: Inquired; inquiring; inquiringly.
  • verb ask; look into
Example sentences :
  • "I have not yet learned what right you have to inquire," replied the misguided maiden.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Hope asked no questions, and hardly felt the impulse to inquire what had happened.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • "You must inquire of the stewards or of himself," was the constant reply.
  • Extract from : « The Christmas Banquet (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • I have desired him to inquire after Lovelace's life and conversation in town.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Next day he called at the gate, on horseback, to inquire for mistress.
  • Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens
  • What he really said was to inquire politely whether she had had her Christmas dinner.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • They began at once to think of whom they should inquire,—of the teacher, or of the grandmother.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • Perhaps you will inquire, "What are Time's literary tastes?"
  • Extract from : « Time's Portraiture » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • There was no time, just then, to inquire what the Speaking Oak had said.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • In this state of things, I heard a noise, and went on deck to inquire what was the matter.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

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