inquireenquirev.

Brit.

/ᵻnˈkwʌɪə/,

/ɛnˈkwʌɪə/,

/ᵻŋˈkwʌɪə/,

/ɛŋˈkwʌɪə/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈkwaɪ(ə)r/,

/ɛnˈkwaɪ(ə)r/,

/ɪŋˈkwaɪ(ə)r/

Forms:

α. Middle English anquere, Middle English enquer, Middle English–1500s enquere. c1290 Beket 387 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 117 He let þoruȝ þe contreies an-quere [Harl. enquere] Hov muche ech Man scholde paiȝe.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7675 King William..Let enqueri [v.rr. enquery, enquere] streitliche [etc.].c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2919 Þanne of hymen he gan enquer.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11475 Gooþ he seide & faste enquere how he is born & where.1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 34 Enquere and seke to haue vertues.1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xxiii. 23 I wyl enquere after him.

β. Middle English–1600s inqueir (Scottish), Middle English–1600s inquere, 1500s inqueere. 14.. Sir Beues (MS. M) 1030 A palmers wede thou shalte were, So may thou best after hym inquere.1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 221 Of thingis that he vald Inqueir [1489 Adv. inquer].1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 Preamble [They] caused a Crouner to sit and inquere on the vieu of the Bodies.1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 57 Perchanse sum man wil inqueir.1574 J. Jones Briefe Disc. Growing & Liuing Things 42 So that it wer requisite at Assises, Sessions, and Sinodes, it were inqueereable.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A7^v I chiefly doe inquere [rhymes heare, neare, weare].1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 11 What ever Sceptick could inquere for; For every why he had a wherefore.

γ. Middle English–1500s enquier, Middle English–1500s enquyre, Middle English– enquire. 14.. Chaucer's Legend Good Women 1152 Dido (MS. Gg. 4. 27) Of the dedes hath she more enquyrid [4 MSS. enquered, rhyme lered].1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxxxviii. [clxxxiv.] 575 Than he was enquyred where he had the wyne.1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 183 Goe presently enquire.1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 170 Would you buie her that you enquier after her?1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 571 He stayd not to enquire.1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iii. 47 Enquire who is without.1856 (title) Enquire within upon Everything.

δ. Middle English–1500s inquyre, Middle English– inquire. c1450 [see sense 3b]. 1483 Cath. Angl. 196/2 To Inquire.1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxv. 95 Dylygently Inquyred and knowen.1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 100 Thair counsell is to seirche and to Inquyre.1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Cc1^v Hee enquireth the nature of a Common wealth.1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xxvii. 4 To inquire in his temple.1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 164. ¶2 To enquire if they had heard any thing.1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam iv. 4 Who scarcely darest to inquire.

Etymology: Middle English enquer-e(n , < Old French enquer-re (enquer-ant ), modern French enquér-ir = Provençal enquerer , enquerre , Italian †inquierere , †inchierere , inchiedere < late popular Latin type *inquērĕre for inquaerĕre (analytical for classical Latin inquīrĕre ), < in- (in- prefix³) + quaerĕre to ask. In English the stem-vowel was conformed to the classical Latin in 15th cent.; Scots retained the French form. The prefix began also to be conformed to Latin in 14–15th cent., but the half-latinized enquire still subsists beside inquire: compare endoss, endorse, indorse.

Signification.

†1.

a. transitive. To search into, seek information or knowledge concerning, investigate, examine. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)]

underseekc897

speerc900

lookeOE

askOE

seeOE

teem witnessc1200

seeka1300

fand13..

inquirec1300

undergoc1315

visit1338

pursuea1382

searcha1382

examinec1384

assay1387

ensearchc1400

vesteyea1425

to have in waitc1440

perpend1447

to bring witnessc1475

vey1512

investigate?1520

recounta1530

to call into (also in) question1534

finger1546

rip1549

sight1556

vestigatea1561

to look into ——1561

require1563

descry?1567

sound1579

question1590

resolve1593

surview1601

undersearch1609

sift1611

disquire1621

indagate1623

inspect1623

pierce1640

shrive1647

in-looka1649

probe1649

incern1656

quaeritate1657

inquisite1674

reconnoitre1740

explore1774

to bring to book1786

look-see1867

scrutate1882

to shake down1915

sleuth1939

screen1942

c1300 Beket 1356 That ȝe with ous sende, A legat to Engelonde: to enquere therof than ende.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Job x. 6 That thou enquere my wickidnesse and enserche my synne.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 12 The vse of a Probe..sometimes to inquire the depth of a wound.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 67 The writings of some, and Maps of others, are to be enquired .

1787 Generous Attachm. IV. 168 Its propriety [was] enquired with a degree of scrupulosity that would have done honour to the most rigid of the Fathers.

†b. To search (a place). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search (a place)

seekc1230

searcha1382

lay1560

ferret1582

sift1611

inquire?1615

hunt1712

screenge1825

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) iv. 520 Who can the deeps of all the seas enquire.

a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. B3 Do but enquire this Forrest, I'le go with you.

2. To seek knowledge of (a thing) by putting a question; to ask about; to request to be told; to ask (something) of, Sc. at (a person).

a. with simple object. Now less usual.

ΚΠ

c1305 Pilate 52 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 112 He wiste wel þe gyle And þe maner enquerede of þe lond.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. ii. 16 Aftir the tyme that he had enquerid of the astromyens.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 44 They enquered tidinges of Merlin.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxiv. 446 Euer enquyrynge newes for that he sought for.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxxvi^v Of whom the duke inquired the numbre of his enemies.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 57 You must enquire your way.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 501 To inquire my interpretation of this dreame.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. vii. 220 To enquire the Character of a Servant.

1786 R. Burns Cotter's Sat. Night vii, in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 147 The wily Mother..With heart-struck, anxious care inquires his name.

1805 E. Clark Banks of Douro II. 110 Captain O'Dell enquired Mr. Taylor's residence in town.

1812 Ld. Byron Wks. (1832) II. 202 Before recurring to my own business I could not help enquiring that of Sheridan.

b. with indirect or, less frequently, direct question as object: To ask, make the inquiry.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)]

fraynea800

speerc888

askOE

fand?c1225

inquirec1290

asearch1382

queerc1390

assay1393

to take knowledge of1399

interrogate1600

quaere1627

query1644

c1290 [see α. forms].

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10469 Þe king enquerede of is men al, wat hii awei bere?

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 312 Wolde God þat alle..trewe men wolden enquere where it were betre for to fynde goode prestis bi fre almes of þe peple.

c1440 Ipomydon 110 Men..Enquered of men of other contre, Of Calabre lond who was kynge.

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng ii. f. 2 It is to be inquered, how many feldes are of the demeyns.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 360 We enquyre or demaunde if we haue any parte or porcyon therof.

1611 Bible (King James) Matt. ii. 7 Herod..enquired of them diligently what time the Starre appeared.

1683 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 132 Visit him, and inquire of him whether he designs to engrave and publish any of those icons.

1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. ix They began to enquire, How they might account for these Things.

1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. xv Is it inquired; But are there not Books enough already?

1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. vii. viii. 76 I will inquire at the servants..if he has gone out.

1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. iv. 93 ‘May one ask about the forgers?’ inquired Fanny.

†c. To ask (a question). Obsolete. (In first quot. with dative of person, or double object.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > ask a question

askOE

puta1350

inquirea1400

speera1500

demand1502

pose1862

to put up1901

lob1952

a1400–50 Alexander 1110 Enquire me noȝt þat question, for I queth þe it neuer.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Fiii Whiche forbydeth any persone to inquyre any suche question.

†3. To seek information from (a person) by putting a question; to address a question to, to question, interrogate; to ask (some one). Obsolete.

a. with personal object only, or const. of or for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > of someone

fraynea800

of-askOE

askc1330

fraista1400

requirec1400

inquirec1430

c1430 Freemasonry 441 They schul enquere every monn..Ȝef any mon mowe be y-fownde gulty.

1461 J. Russe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 247 I enqueryd hym of the gyding of my maystyr youre sone.

?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiij Than enquyre hym of his dreames.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 458 Thou no more with Pomp and Sacrifice Shalt be enquir'd at Delphos or elsewhere.

1682 J. Dryden Medall 10 [The Bible] was fram'd, at first, our Oracle t' enquire.

b. with subordinate interrogative clause.

ΚΠ

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 264 Þou schalt ben inquired wheþer þou dedyst hem for god or for þe world.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 11 He inquirit annibal, quhat iugement he hed of his philosophour phormion.

a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) v. 277 Mr. Patrick being enquired..whether he would submit himself to trial.

4. intransitive. To make search or investigation; to search, seek; to make inquisition. Const. into, †of, †after.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, inspect [verb (intransitive)]

inquirec1330

aska1382

ensearch1382

questiona1500

investigate?1520

vestigatea1561

to look into ——1561

perpend1568

mouse1575

rake1603

undergo1605

fathom1607

ravel1618

examine1628

inquisition1644

to cast abouta1676

inspect1703

sound1793

disquisitea1823

look-see1862

to cast about one1867

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 247 Þe kyng was [to] enquere of þer wikked dedes.

c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 531 This gentil kyng..thought he wold enquere Depper in this cas.

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife's Prol. 316 What nedeth thee of me to enquere or spyen?

c1503 Beuys of Southhamptowne (Pynson) 3424 In eche londe do thou enquere After syr Beuys of Hamptowne.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. Proem sig. M6^v Of faery lond yet if he more inquyre..He may it fynd.

1648 D. Jenkins Wks. Contents sig. A6^v Briberies, Extortions, Monopolies, ought to bee enquired after by the House of Commons.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 63. ¶6 I enquired into what they were doing.

a1714 J. Sharp Serm. II. ii. (R.) And here two things are to be enquired into.

1866 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire (new ed.) ix. 147 He began by inquiring into the character and manners of the Pope.

a. intransitive. To seek information by questioning; to put a question or questions; to ask. (In biblical use often = to consult an oracle, etc.) Const. of, also (now Scottish) at (the source of information); about, after, †of (the subject of inquiry). to inquire after (a person), to make inquiries about his welfare, etc., to ask how he is.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > make inquiries [verb (intransitive)]

speerc888

fraynec900

askOE

inquirec1375

demand1382

fraista1400

enspeerc1440

hearken1523

question1584

interrogate1622

query1644

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > about someone's welfare

inquirec1375

c1375 Cato Major ii. vi, in Anglia (1884) VII Enquere not of priuites Of God, ne eke of heuene.

c1460 Play Sacram. 628 Fast to hym I wold inquere.

1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. ii. 8 Goe and inquire diligently of the childe.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxiv. 57 Wee will call the Damsell, and enquire at her mouth.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xxiii. 2 Dauid enquired of the Lord.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Chron. xiii. 3 Let us bring againe the Arke of our God to us: for wee enquired not at it in the dayes of Saul.

1613 T. Lorkin Let. 8 July in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 255 Sir Thomas Somerset inquires very kindly after you.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 164 I promist to enquire carefully About a schoolemaster.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iv. 42 You haue oft enquired After the Shepheard that complain'd of loue.

a1745 J. Swift in Wks. (1941) IX. 5 To those who inquired about me, my lover would answer that [etc.].

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. vi. 234 We may expect to meet with Some-body to enquire of.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 45. ⁋8 When parents make articles for their children without enquiring after their consent.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lxvii. 65 Dare not to enquire Of Him whose name is Jealous.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xv. 253 For this man, the greater offender, they inquire now.

b. To make request (for a thing); to ask to see a person. Const. for (after, obsolete or archaic).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > for something

bid971

aska1200

seekc1366

cravec1386

entreat1427

inquire?a1513

beg1576

incall1591

urgea1616

woo1615

clamour1651

to call on ——1721

tout1731

spell1790

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 195 I haif inquyrit in mony a place For help and confort in this cace.

1611 Bible (King James) Acts ix. 11 Inquire in the house of Iudas, for one called Saul of Tarsus.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. i. 16 Duke. Hath any body enquir'd for mee here to day?.. Mar. You haue not bin enquir'd after.

†6. transitive. To seek, search for, try to find. esp. with out (rarely forth): To seek till one finds; to seek out, search out, find out by seeking (often including the notion of asking: cf. 3). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 176 Al that I may enquire and seche Of such deceipte, I telle it al.

1450–80 tr. Secreta Secret. (E.E.T.S.) 36 Enquere the on that wolle trewly bere thi lettris.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bi^v Inquyre & seke our lorde, be fyxed in hym.

1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. i. 1247 Now good Sexton, I am tirde..with enquiringe you.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. ii. 1 Enquire the Iewes house out.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 184 Goe on before: I shall enquire you forth.

1675 A. Marvell Let. 9 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 172 To inquire out the Printer and Author.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. vii. 37 Well known to me the palace you enquire.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 98. ⁋17 He..would enquire out a trade for his eldest son.

1790 Norman & Bertha II. 165 An unhappy chance conducted Bertha to my house..to enquire out your residence.

†7. transitive (or absol.) To ask for, demand; to require. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > demand

calla1300

yeiec1320

to ask account?c1450

to call for ——1479

demand1484

inquirea1513

expostulate1548

advocatea1575

to stand upon ——1577

postulate1605

to stand on ——1606

bespeak1677

to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831

requisition1874

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xx. sig. g.v^v Lamentynge, nyght and day his departure As nature enquyred.

1610 Baldwin's Treat. Morrall Philos. (new ed.) iv. iii. f. 81 One friend ought not to enquire [1557 requyre] any vniust thing of another.

1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (1676) 85 Any number of pounds inquired.

†8. To call, name. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to

nemneOE

clepec1000

hightOE

sayOE

nameOE

yclepec1175

callc1300

nevena1400

deemc1400

christena1470

nominate1545

term1545

titulea1550

behight1579

benamea1586

inquire1590

nuncupate1609

indigitate1623

font1652

vocitate1653

express1659

appellate1768

nomenclature1824

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X5^v The which he cald Canutium, for his hyre; Now Cantium, which Kent we comenly inquyre.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	inquire
释义	† inquireenquiren. Forms: Also 1500s inquere, inquyre. Etymology: < inquire v. Obsolete. The action, or an act, of inquiring; inquiry. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] askingeOE speeringa1100 frayninga1300 questionc1384 inquiringc1386 inquirance1412 inquirea1500 inquiry1565 sciscitation1618 questioninga1635 enquestiona1641 querying1652 popping1710 inquiration1789 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of askOE askingOE questionc1350 demandc1386 inquestc1400 interrogationc1405 inquisitionc1440 questioninga1450 inquirea1500 manda1500 terogatores1511 interrogatory1533 inquiry1548 interrogator1561 interrogativea1586 quaere1589 intergatory1590 A1591 Q1591 query1610 interrogate1633 starter1673 querical1699 speer1788 qy.1819 Q1902 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 3 They wende that oure lorde sholde haue no knowynge of their ordenaunce, and enquire thus they departed from this conseille. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxiii. [clix.] 451 That Betysach was in prison, and that inquyre was made of his dedes. a1547 Petit. in W. Rye Cromer (1889) 53 Those trespases and offences that the Kyngs Highnes hath alweys hadd the Inquere and punyssement of. 1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (1684) i. 142 Whether they are there in a Blessed Estate, or else what means there may be for their Salvation? with many other such Uncertain Enquires. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). inquireenquirev. Brit. /ᵻnˈkwʌɪə/, /ɛnˈkwʌɪə/, /ᵻŋˈkwʌɪə/, /ɛŋˈkwʌɪə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈkwaɪ(ə)r/, /ɛnˈkwaɪ(ə)r/, /ɪŋˈkwaɪ(ə)r/ Forms: α. Middle English anquere, Middle English enquer, Middle English–1500s enquere. c1290 Beket 387 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 117 He let þoruȝ þe contreies an-quere [Harl. enquere] Hov muche ech Man scholde paiȝe.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7675 King William..Let enqueri [v.rr. enquery, enquere] streitliche [etc.].c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2919 Þanne of hymen he gan enquer.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11475 Gooþ he seide & faste enquere how he is born & where.1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 34 Enquere and seke to haue vertues.1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xxiii. 23 I wyl enquere after him. β. Middle English–1600s inqueir (Scottish), Middle English–1600s inquere, 1500s inqueere. 14.. Sir Beues (MS. M) 1030 A palmers wede thou shalte were, So may thou best after hym inquere.1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 221 Of thingis that he vald Inqueir [1489 Adv. inquer].1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 Preamble [They] caused a Crouner to sit and inquere on the vieu of the Bodies.1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 57 Perchanse sum man wil inqueir.1574 J. Jones Briefe Disc. Growing & Liuing Things 42 So that it wer requisite at Assises, Sessions, and Sinodes, it were inqueereable.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A7^v I chiefly doe inquere [rhymes heare, neare, weare].1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 11 What ever Sceptick could inquere for; For every why he had a wherefore. γ. Middle English–1500s enquier, Middle English–1500s enquyre, Middle English– enquire. 14.. Chaucer's Legend Good Women 1152 Dido (MS. Gg. 4. 27) Of the dedes hath she more enquyrid [4 MSS. enquered, rhyme lered].1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxxxviii. [clxxxiv.] 575 Than he was enquyred where he had the wyne.1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 183 Goe presently enquire.1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 170 Would you buie her that you enquier after her?1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 571 He stayd not to enquire.1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iii. 47 Enquire who is without.1856 (title) Enquire within upon Everything. δ. Middle English–1500s inquyre, Middle English– inquire. c1450 [see sense 3b]. 1483 Cath. Angl. 196/2 To Inquire.1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxv. 95 Dylygently Inquyred and knowen.1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 100 Thair counsell is to seirche and to Inquyre.1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Cc1^v Hee enquireth the nature of a Common wealth.1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xxvii. 4 To inquire in his temple.1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 164. ¶2 To enquire if they had heard any thing.1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam iv. 4 Who scarcely darest to inquire. Etymology: Middle English enquer-e(n , < Old French enquer-re (enquer-ant ), modern French enquér-ir = Provençal enquerer , enquerre , Italian †inquierere , †inchierere , inchiedere < late popular Latin type inquērĕre for inquaerĕre* (analytical for classical Latin inquīrĕre ), < in- (in- prefix³) + quaerĕre to ask. In English the stem-vowel was conformed to the classical Latin in 15th cent.; Scots retained the French form. The prefix began also to be conformed to Latin in 14–15th cent., but the half-latinized enquire still subsists beside inquire: compare endoss, endorse, indorse. Signification. †1. a. transitive. To search into, seek information or knowledge concerning, investigate, examine. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] underseekc897 speerc900 lookeOE askOE seeOE teem witnessc1200 seeka1300 fand13.. inquirec1300 undergoc1315 visit1338 pursuea1382 searcha1382 examinec1384 assay1387 ensearchc1400 vesteyea1425 to have in waitc1440 perpend1447 to bring witnessc1475 vey1512 investigate?1520 recounta1530 to call into (also in) question1534 finger1546 rip1549 sight1556 vestigatea1561 to look into ——1561 require1563 descry?1567 sound1579 question1590 resolve1593 surview1601 undersearch1609 sift1611 disquire1621 indagate1623 inspect1623 pierce1640 shrive1647 in-looka1649 probe1649 incern1656 quaeritate1657 inquisite1674 reconnoitre1740 explore1774 to bring to book1786 look-see1867 scrutate1882 to shake down1915 sleuth1939 screen1942 c1300 Beket 1356 That ȝe with ous sende, A legat to Engelonde: to enquere therof than ende. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Job x. 6 That thou enquere my wickidnesse and enserche my synne. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 12 The vse of a Probe..sometimes to inquire the depth of a wound. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 67 The writings of some, and Maps of others, are to be enquired . View more context for this quotation 1787 Generous Attachm. IV. 168 Its propriety [was] enquired with a degree of scrupulosity that would have done honour to the most rigid of the Fathers. †b. To search (a place). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search (a place) seekc1230 searcha1382 lay1560 ferret1582 sift1611 inquire?1615 hunt1712 screenge1825 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) iv. 520 Who can the deeps of all the seas enquire. a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. B3 Do but enquire this Forrest, I'le go with you. 2. To seek knowledge of (a thing) by putting a question; to ask about; to request to be told; to ask (something) of, Sc. at (a person). a. with simple object. Now less usual. ΚΠ c1305 Pilate 52 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 112 He wiste wel þe gyle And þe maner enquerede of þe lond. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. ii. 16 Aftir the tyme that he had enquerid of the astromyens. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 44 They enquered tidinges of Merlin. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxiv. 446 Euer enquyrynge newes for that he sought for. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxxvi^v Of whom the duke inquired the numbre of his enemies. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 57 You must enquire your way. View more context for this quotation 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 501 To inquire my interpretation of this dreame. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. vii. 220 To enquire the Character of a Servant. View more context for this quotation 1786 R. Burns Cotter's Sat. Night vii, in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 147 The wily Mother..With heart-struck, anxious care inquires his name. 1805 E. Clark Banks of Douro II. 110 Captain O'Dell enquired Mr. Taylor's residence in town. 1812 Ld. Byron Wks. (1832) II. 202 Before recurring to my own business I could not help enquiring that of Sheridan. b. with indirect or, less frequently, direct question as object: To ask, make the inquiry. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] fraynea800 speerc888 askOE fand?c1225 inquirec1290 asearch1382 queerc1390 assay1393 to take knowledge of1399 interrogate1600 quaere1627 query1644 c1290 [see α. forms]. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10469 Þe king enquerede of is men al, wat hii awei bere? c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 312 Wolde God þat alle..trewe men wolden enquere where it were betre for to fynde goode prestis bi fre almes of þe peple. c1440 Ipomydon 110 Men..Enquered of men of other contre, Of Calabre lond who was kynge. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng ii. f. 2 It is to be inquered, how many feldes are of the demeyns. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 360 We enquyre or demaunde if we haue any parte or porcyon therof. 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. ii. 7 Herod..enquired of them diligently what time the Starre appeared. View more context for this quotation 1683 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 132 Visit him, and inquire of him whether he designs to engrave and publish any of those icons. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. ix They began to enquire, How they might account for these Things. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. xv Is it inquired; But are there not Books enough already? 1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. vii. viii. 76 I will inquire at the servants..if he has gone out. 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. iv. 93 ‘May one ask about the forgers?’ inquired Fanny. †c. To ask (a question). Obsolete. (In first quot. with dative of person, or double object.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > ask a question askOE puta1350 inquirea1400 speera1500 demand1502 pose1862 to put up1901 lob1952 a1400–50 Alexander 1110 Enquire me noȝt þat question, for I queth þe it neuer. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Fiii Whiche forbydeth any persone to inquyre any suche question. †3. To seek information from (a person) by putting a question; to address a question to, to question, interrogate; to ask (some one). Obsolete. a. with personal object only, or const. of or for. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > of someone fraynea800 of-askOE askc1330 fraista1400 requirec1400 inquirec1430 c1430 Freemasonry 441 They schul enquere every monn..Ȝef any mon mowe be y-fownde gulty. 1461 J. Russe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 247 I enqueryd hym of the gyding of my maystyr youre sone. ?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiij Than enquyre hym of his dreames. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 458 Thou no more with Pomp and Sacrifice Shalt be enquir'd at Delphos or elsewhere. View more context for this quotation 1682 J. Dryden Medall 10 [The Bible] was fram'd, at first, our Oracle t' enquire. b. with subordinate interrogative clause. ΚΠ c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 264 Þou schalt ben inquired wheþer þou dedyst hem for god or for þe world. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 11 He inquirit annibal, quhat iugement he hed of his philosophour phormion. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) v. 277 Mr. Patrick being enquired..whether he would submit himself to trial. 4. intransitive. To make search or investigation; to search, seek; to make inquisition. Const. into, †of, †after. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, inspect [verb (intransitive)] inquirec1330 aska1382 ensearch1382 questiona1500 investigate?1520 vestigatea1561 to look into ——1561 perpend1568 mouse1575 rake1603 undergo1605 fathom1607 ravel1618 examine1628 inquisition1644 to cast abouta1676 inspect1703 sound1793 disquisitea1823 look-see1862 to cast about one1867 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 247 Þe kyng was [to] enquere of þer wikked dedes. c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 531 This gentil kyng..thought he wold enquere Depper in this cas. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife's Prol. 316 What nedeth thee of me to enquere or spyen? c1503 Beuys of Southhamptowne (Pynson) 3424 In eche londe do thou enquere After syr Beuys of Hamptowne. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. Proem sig. M6^v Of faery lond yet if he more inquyre..He may it fynd. 1648 D. Jenkins Wks. Contents sig. A6^v Briberies, Extortions, Monopolies, ought to bee enquired after by the House of Commons. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 63. ¶6 I enquired into what they were doing. a1714 J. Sharp Serm. II. ii. (R.) And here two things are to be enquired into. 1866 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire (new ed.) ix. 147 He began by inquiring into the character and manners of the Pope. 5. a. intransitive. To seek information by questioning; to put a question or questions; to ask. (In biblical use often = to consult an oracle, etc.) Const. of, also (now Scottish) at (the source of information); about, after, †of (the subject of inquiry). to inquire after (a person), to make inquiries about his welfare, etc., to ask how he is. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > make inquiries [verb (intransitive)] speerc888 fraynec900 askOE inquirec1375 demand1382 fraista1400 enspeerc1440 hearken1523 question1584 interrogate1622 query1644 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > about someone's welfare inquirec1375 c1375 Cato Major ii. vi, in Anglia (1884) VII Enquere not of priuites Of God, ne eke of heuene. c1460 Play Sacram. 628 Fast to hym I wold inquere. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. ii. 8 Goe and inquire diligently of the childe. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxiv. 57 Wee will call the Damsell, and enquire at her mouth. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xxiii. 2 Dauid enquired of the Lord. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Chron. xiii. 3 Let us bring againe the Arke of our God to us: for wee enquired not at it in the dayes of Saul. View more context for this quotation 1613 T. Lorkin Let. 8 July in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 255 Sir Thomas Somerset inquires very kindly after you. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 164 I promist to enquire carefully About a schoolemaster. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iv. 42 You haue oft enquired After the Shepheard that complain'd of loue. View more context for this quotation a1745 J. Swift in Wks. (1941) IX. 5 To those who inquired about me, my lover would answer that [etc.]. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. vi. 234 We may expect to meet with Some-body to enquire of. View more context for this quotation 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 45. ⁋8 When parents make articles for their children without enquiring after their consent. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lxvii. 65 Dare not to enquire Of Him whose name is Jealous. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xv. 253 For this man, the greater offender, they inquire now. b. To make request (for a thing); to ask to see a person. Const. for (after, obsolete or archaic). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > for something bid971 aska1200 seekc1366 cravec1386 entreat1427 inquire?a1513 beg1576 incall1591 urgea1616 woo1615 clamour1651 to call on ——1721 tout1731 spell1790 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 195 I haif inquyrit in mony a place For help and confort in this cace. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts ix. 11 Inquire in the house of Iudas, for one called Saul of Tarsus. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. i. 16 Duke. Hath any body enquir'd for mee here to day?.. Mar. You haue not bin enquir'd after. View more context for this quotation †6. transitive. To seek, search for, try to find. esp. with out (rarely forth): To seek till one finds; to seek out, search out, find out by seeking (often including the notion of asking: cf. 3). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 176 Al that I may enquire and seche Of such deceipte, I telle it al. 1450–80 tr. Secreta Secret. (E.E.T.S.) 36 Enquere the on that wolle trewly bere thi lettris. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bi^v Inquyre & seke our lorde, be fyxed in hym. 1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. i. 1247 Now good Sexton, I am tirde..with enquiringe you. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. ii. 1 Enquire the Iewes house out. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 184 Goe on before: I shall enquire you forth. View more context for this quotation 1675 A. Marvell Let. 9 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 172 To inquire out the Printer and Author. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. vii. 37 Well known to me the palace you enquire. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 98. ⁋17 He..would enquire out a trade for his eldest son. 1790 Norman & Bertha II. 165 An unhappy chance conducted Bertha to my house..to enquire out your residence. †7. transitive (or absol.) To ask for, demand; to require. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > demand calla1300 yeiec1320 to ask account?c1450 to call for ——1479 demand1484 inquirea1513 expostulate1548 advocatea1575 to stand upon ——1577 postulate1605 to stand on ——1606 bespeak1677 to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831 requisition1874 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xx. sig. g.v^v Lamentynge, nyght and day his departure As nature enquyred. 1610 Baldwin's Treat. Morrall Philos. (new ed.) iv. iii. f. 81 One friend ought not to enquire [1557 requyre] any vniust thing of another. 1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (1676) 85 Any number of pounds inquired. †8. To call, name. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to nemneOE clepec1000 hightOE sayOE nameOE yclepec1175 callc1300 nevena1400 deemc1400 christena1470 nominate1545 term1545 titulea1550 behight1579 benamea1586 inquire1590 nuncupate1609 indigitate1623 font1652 vocitate1653 express1659 appellate1768 nomenclature1824 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X5^v The which he cald Canutium, for his hyre; Now Cantium, which Kent we comenly inquyre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500v.c1290
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inquireenquirev.