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Inquire   /ɪnkwˈaɪr/   Listen
Inquire

verb
(past & past part. inquired; pres. part. inquiring)  (Written also enquire)
1.
Inquire about.  Synonyms: ask, enquire.  "He had to ask directions several times"
2.
Have a wish or desire to know something.  Synonyms: enquire, wonder.
3.
Conduct an inquiry or investigation of.  Synonyms: enquire, investigate.  "Inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"



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"Inquire" Quotes from Famous Books



... a deep, clear stream. He had no idea as to the depth and never troubled to inquire. These short, stern orders of his that he barked to left and right from time to time, nobody took the slightest notice of, and Bones would have been considerably embarrassed if they had. Observing that the steamer was tacking from shore to shore, ...
— Bones - Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country • Edgar Wallace

... inquire where all these treasures were hid, and Reynard told that he had hid them in a wood called Hustreloe, near a river named Crekinpit. But when the King said that he had never heard of such a place, Reynard called ...
— The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg - Second Edition • Unknown

... "I will inquire," he said, hopefully, "and I know I can find him almost immediately. Nothing has happened to hurt him. Sit here a moment ...
— The Wolf's Long Howl • Stanley Waterloo

... Vernon, Illinois, which is the terminus of my railroad at present. Inquire for Judge Worley. Once in his hands, you will be all right. If all the Knights were like him there would be something doing; but he is a Kentuckian, ...
— Raiding with Morgan • Byron A. Dunn

... his Friends a distinct Account of every thing he saw among those Regions of the Dead. A Friend of mine, whom I have formerly mentioned, prevailed upon one of the Interpreters of the Indian Kings, [2] to inquire of them, if possible, what Tradition they have among them of this Matter: Which, as well as he could learn by those many Questions which he asked them at several times, ...
— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele


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