inquire. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

inquire

SYLLABICATION:	in·quire
PRONUNCIATION:	n-kwr
VARIANT FORMS:	also en·quire (n-)
VERB:	Inflected forms: in·quired, in·quir·ing, in·quires
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To seek information by asking a question: inquired about prices. 2. To make an inquiry or investigation: inquire into the extent of the corruption.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To ask about. 2. To ask: “I am free to inquire what a work of art means to me” (Bernard Berenson). See synonyms at ask.
PHRASAL VERB:	inquire after To ask about the health or condition of.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English enquiren, from Old French enquerre, from Vulgar Latin ^*inquaerere, alteration of Latin inqurere : in-, into; see in–² + quaerere, to seek.
OTHER FORMS:	in·quirer —NOUN in·quiring·ly —ADVERB


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