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   inquire

   /ɪnˈkwʌɪə/

   verb

   • 1. ask for information from someone: "he inquired about cottages for sale" Similar askmake inquiriesask questionspose a questionrequest informationwant to knowlook to someone for answers
   • ▪ ask about the health and well-being of (someone): "Annie inquired after her parents"
   • ▪ ask to see or speak to (someone): "that was Paul inquiring for you—I told him he couldn't come in"
   • 2. investigate; look into: "the task of political sociology is to inquire into the causes of political events" Similar conduct an inquirymake inquiriesprobelookinvestigateresearchexamineexplorescansiftdelvedigsearchscrutinizestudyinspectsurveyanalyseconsiderappraisesubject to an examinationinformal:check outsuss outsnoop

   Word Origin Middle English enquere (later inquere), from Old French enquerre, from a variant of Latin inquirere, based on quaerere ‘seek’. The spelling with in-, influenced by Latin, dates from the 15th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. inquirer noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

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