† exquirev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To search out, seek for; to find out by searching.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > find out by investigation [verb (transitive)]
seekc900
seeOE
searcha1382
takea1382
inquire1390
undergrope?a1412
explore1531
to pry out1548
to scan out1548
to hunt out1576
sound1596
exquire1607
pervestigate1610
pump1611
trace1642
probe1649
to hunt up1741
to pick a person's brains (also brain)1770
verify1801
to get a load of1929
sus1966
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search (a place) > explore or search through
fand?c1225
visit1338
discoverc1440
explorate?1549
explore1577
survey1592
exquire1607
1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois iv. 52 Make her name her conceald messenger..That passeth all our studies to exquire.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) iv. 520 Who can the deeps of all the seas exquire.
a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Cccccc/2 How she came by it, yet is not exquir'd.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xi. lxxi. 202 The Soul, that Beauteousnesse of Grace exquires.
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