Inquire /(?)/

In·quire

Inquire

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Inquired; p. pr. & vb. n. Inquiring

  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 knowledge; to make examination.
    And inquire Gladly into the ways of God with man.
    — Miltom.

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.
    And all obey and few inquire his will.
  2. To call or name. [Obs.]