Enquire
[ɪn'kwaɪə] or [ɪn'kwaɪr]
Definition
(v. i. & t.) See Inquire.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Written also and usually Inquire.] Ask about.
v. n. [1]. Ask, question, seek information (by questioning), make inquiry.[2]. Make investigation, make examination.
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Definition
See Inquire.
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Examples
- And should we not enquire what sort of knowledge has the power of effecting such a change? Plato. The Republic.
- And next, shall we enquire whether the kindred science also concerns us? Plato. The Republic.
- Few of us can safely enquire into the things which nature hides, any more than we can dissect our own bodies. Plato. The Republic.
- We go no farther; nor do we enquire into the cause of the satisfaction. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The same sort of difficulty is presented if we enquire how it is that certain flavours and odours give pleasure, and others displeasure. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He generally looks at these, but never thinks it worth while to enquire whether the workman had served a seven years apprenticeship. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And now let us enquire, what is the faculty in man which answers to imitation. Plato. The Republic.
- He appears to have enquired very carefully into this subject {See his scheme for the maintenance of the poor, in Burn's History of the Poor Laws. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He enquired from Edith who that gentleman was; and, rather to her surprise, she found, from the tone of his 'Indeed! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- When I enquired for them, the man to whom I spoke, uttered the word plague, and fell at my feet in convulsions; he also was infected. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mrs. Welland enquired as she shook hands with her future son-in-law. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- We passed by a natural archway, leading to a second gallery, and enquired, if we could not enter there also. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- All now looked around and enquired for Ivanhoe, but he had vanished. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Pale as marble, clear and beaming as that, she heard my tale, and enquired concerning the spot where he had been deposited. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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