enquire

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: en=quire

CIDE DICTIONARY

enquire, v. i. & t. 

 See Inquire.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

enquire, v.
1 intr. (often foll. by of) seek information; ask a question (of a person).
2 intr. = INQUIRE.
3 intr. (foll. by after, for) ask about a person, a person's health, etc.
4 intr. (foll. by for) ask about the availability of.
5 tr. ask for information as to (enquired my name; enquired whether we were coming).

Derivative

enquirer n.

Etymology

ME enquere f. OF enquerre ult. f. L inquirere (as IN-(2), quaerere quaesit- seek)

THESAURUS

enquire

ask, ask a question, ask about, ask questions, be curious, bring into question, burn with curiosity, demand, dig around for, dig up, gape, gawk, inquire, inquire of, interpellate, interrogate, make inquiry, nose around for, nose out, peer, propose a question, propound a question, put queries, query, question, quiz, require an answer, rubber, rubberneck, seek, stare, want to know