inquire
v.
ask, question, interrogate; investigate, look into; conduct an inquiry
inquire
Verb
1. inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
(synonym) ask, enquire
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) pry
(verb-group) ask
(derivation) inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
2. have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
(synonym) wonder, enquire
(hypernym) question, query
(hyponym) request
3. 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) investigate, enquire
(hypernym) probe, examine
(hyponym) spy
(derivation) inquiry, enquiry
inquirir
v.
inquire, enquire; query
Inquire
(v. t.)
To call or name.
(v. t.)
To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.
(v. i.)
To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knoledge; to make examination.
(v. i.)
To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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