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enquire

verb
/ɛnˈkwaɪə/UK/ɛnˈkwaɪɹ/US

Etymology

From Old French enquerre, from en- + querre (“to search, to look for”), from Latin quaerere, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”).

  1. derived from *kʷeh₂-✻
  2. derived from *kʷaizeō✻
  3. derived from quaero
  4. derived from enquerre

Definitions

  1. British English form of inquire.

    • He enquired about the availability of rental bicycles in the town.
    • Having thus at length enquired the truth concerning Law and dispense.
    • Thus prompts his accents and his actions still, / And all obey and few enquire his will; / To such, brief answer and contemptuous eye / Convey reproof, nor further deign reply.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA