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English Dictionary: inquire	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inquire v inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" Synonym(s): ask, inquire, enquire have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" Synonym(s): wonder, inquire, enquire conduct an inquiry or investigation of; "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady" Synonym(s): investigate, inquire, enquire
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inquire \Inquire"\, v. t. 1. To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting. Having thus at length inquired the truth concerning law and dispense. --Milton. And all obey and few inquire* his will. --Byron. 2. To call or name. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: To ask; question. See {Question}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inquire \Inquire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inquired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inquiring}.] [OE. enqueren, inqueren, OF. enquerre, F. enqu[82]rir, L. inquirere, inquisitum; pref. in- in + quarere to seek. See {Quest} a seeking, and cf. {Inquiry}.] [Written also {enquire}.] 1. To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries. We will call the damsel, and inquire. --Gen. xxiv. 57. Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him. --1 Sam. xxiii. 4. 2. To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knoledge; to make examination. And inquire* Gladly into the ways of God with man. --Miltom. Note: This word is followed by of before the person asked; as, to inquire of a neighbor. It is followed by concerning, after, or about, before the subject of inquiry; as, his friends inquired about or concerning his welfare. [bd]Thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.[b8] --Eccl. vii. 10. It is followed by into when search is made for particular knowledge or information; as, to inquire into the cause of a sudden death. It is followed by for or after when a place or person is sought, or something is missing. [bd]Inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus.[b8] --Acts ix. 11.