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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Inquire

/ĭnˌ-kwīr'/ · In·quire · IPA /ɪnˈkwaɪɹ/
01 v. i. To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.
imp. & p. p. Inquired; p. pr. & vb. n. Inquiring
  1. 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. 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.
02 v. t. To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.
  1. 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. 2.
    To call or name.[Obs.]
Syn. To ask; question. See Question.