[
US
/ɪnˈkwaɪɝ/
]
[ UK /ɛnkwˈaɪə/ ]
[ UK /ɛnkwˈaɪə/ ]
VERB
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have a wish or desire to know something
He wondered who had built this beautiful church -
address a question to and expect an answer from
The children asked me about their dead grandmother
Ask your teacher about trigonometry
He had to ask directions several times
I inquired about their special today -
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
How To Use enquire In A Sentence
- And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. The Dor�� Gallery of Bible Illustrations
- And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. The Doré Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 4
- But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that 'ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? The Dor�� Gallery of Bible Illustrations
- During war, the right of postliminy can only be claimed in the tribunals of the belligerent powers, and not in the courts of neutrals; for by a general law of nations, neutrals have no right to enquire into any captures, except such as are an infringement of their own neutrality. [ The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping
- But when the therapist starts to enquire how they react to the problems at home a difference in opinion may be revealed.
- Mr Kehoe concluded by saying that every farmer should enquire regarding the payment terms and insist on payment on the day.
- You'd get more truth out of the national enquirer than any news network these days. Networks respond to false Fox ad
- Holden looked at me quizzically, but did not enquire further. ANTI-ICE
- The first question that occurs to the enlightened enquirer, when he learns that the functions of the brain have been positively determined by experiment, is whether the cranioscopy of Gall and Spurzheim was successful in locating the cerebral functions, and how nearly their inferences from development correspond with the revelations of experiment. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9
- Stevie and Mikie had been known to enquire whether they were in fact changelings, as they looked nothing like any known relative on either side.