Definitions for inquire

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inquire in·quire

Spelling: [in-kwahyuh r]

IPA: /ɪnˈkwaɪər/

Inquire is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in inquire (eiinqru).

Definitions for inquire

Verb phrases

1. inquire after, to ask about the state of health or condition of:

verb (used with object)

1. to seek to learn by asking:
2. Obsolete. to seek.
3. Obsolete. to question (a person).

verb (used without object)

1. to seek information by questioning; ask:
2. to make investigation (usually followed by into):

Origin of inquire

1250-1300; Middle English Latin inquīrere to seek for (see in-², query); replacing Middle English enqueren Old French enquerre Lati

Examples for inquire

I do not believe we have a current count of fugitives for publication, but will inquire.

"I have not yet learned what right you have to inquire," replied the misguided maiden.

I have desired him to inquire after Lovelace's life and conversation in town.

Everyone, of course, was too polite to inquire about the embarrassing number of absentees.

Hope asked no questions, and hardly felt the impulse to inquire what had happened.

I inquire if I may touch it and find the texture soft and creamy.

But the agency is obligated under the law to inquire about an applicant's activities.

The court will not “inquire into the validity of a religious tenet.”

Next day he called at the gate, on horseback, to inquire for mistress.

"You must inquire of the stewards or of himself," was the constant reply.