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Middle English
Noun
enqueste
- Alternative form of enquest
Middle French
Noun
enqueste f (plural enquestes)
- investigation; inquiry; inquest
Old French
Etymology
Latin inquīsita, from inquīrō (“search after, enquire”).
Noun
enqueste oblique singular, f (oblique plural enquestes, nominative singular enqueste, nominative plural enquestes)
- search
- inquiry
- investigation; inquiry; inquest
c. 1250, Rutebeuf, De sainte Esglise:Se li rois feïst or enqueste
Sor ceus qui ce font si honeste,- If the king now conducted an inquest
Into those who claim to be so honest
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