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enquire

[en-kwahy^uhr]

Example Sentences Origin

verb (used without object), verb (used with object), en·quired, en·quir·ing.

inquire.

Related forms

un·en·quired, adjective

un·en·quir·ing, adjective

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Complications ensue when a couple arrives to enquire about renting the house.

If anyone wants to enquire further you can tell them your level at that point.

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World English Dictionary

enquire (ɪnˈkwaɪə)

—vb
	a variant of inquire

en'quirer

—n

en'quiry

—n

inquire or enquire (ɪnˈkwaɪə)

—vb (often foll by into)
1.	a. to seek information; ask: she inquired his age; she inquired about rates of pay
	b. (foll by of) to ask (a person) for information: I'll inquire of my aunt when she is coming
2.	to make a search or investigation

[C13: from Latin inquīrere from in-² + quaerere to seek]

enquire or enquire

—vb

[C13: from Latin inquīrere from in-² + quaerere to seek]

in'quirer or enquire

—n

en'quirer or enquire

—n

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Word Origin & History

enquire

see inquire. An alternative form mainly used in sense of "to ask a question." Related: enquired; enquiring.

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"Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to enquire—in the midst of myriads of the living & the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?"

-George Gordon Noel Byron

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