From Old French enquerre, from en- + querre, from Latin quaero, of uncertain origin, but possibly from itc-pro *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-.

• (RP) IPA: /ɛnˈkwaɪə/, /ɪn-/
• (America) IPA: /ɛnˈkwaɪɹ/, /ɪn-/, /ɪŋ-/

enquire (enquires, present participle enquiring; simple past and past participle enquired)

1. .

   He enquired about the availability of rental bicycles in the town.

   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC ↗, book:

     Having thus at length enquired the truth concerning Law and dispense.

   • 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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