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† inquirance, enquirance Obs.
Forms: 5 enquer-, enquiraunce, -ance, inquyrans, 6 inquyr-, inquiraunce, -ance.
[In ME. enquerance (prob. OF. or AF.), f. enquerant, pr. pple. of enquerre to inquire: see -ance.]
Inquiry.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. xxx, Of which thynge..I wyll my selfe maken enqueraunce. c1449Pecock Repr. ii. viii. 188 Fro enquirancis whi God chesith this place. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) i. 376, I commaunde you all..after this yong kyng to make good enqueraunce. 1526Tindale Acts x. 17 The men..had made inquyrance for Simons housse. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 29 Man mought by art and inquiraunce after these attaine or come vnto knowledge herein. |