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Etymology
From Old French enquerre, from en- + querre (“to search, to look for”), from Latin quaerere, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”).
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enquire (third-person singular simple present enquires, present participle enquiring, simple past and past participle enquired)
- British English form of inquire.
He enquired about the availability of rental bicycles in the town.
1814, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in The Corsair, a Tale, London: Thomas Davison, , for John Murray, , →OCLC, stanza II, page 5, lines 79–82:Thus prompts his accents and his actions still, / And all obey and few enquire his will; / To such, brief answer and contemptuous eye / Convey reproof, nor further deign reply.
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