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Meanings of enquire in English

Portuguese
questionar
Catalan
preguntar-se
Spanish
solicitar

Have a wish or desire to know something.

        questionar
        Usage of enquire in English
        1
        Which leads me to enquire about the make-up of the local soil.
        The Guardian
        2
        The subject you enquire about is one of vital consequence to brain-workers.
        Study and Stimulants / Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics ...
        3
        Though I'd have thought you'd enquire if I was all right first!
        Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
        4
        But she was too hurried to enquire into the cause of it.
        Up the Hill and Over
        5
        To enquire about purchasing prints of work by Harry Gruyaert click here
        The Guardian
        6
        He didn't enquire where they were going or who Mr Benedict was.
        City of lies
        7
        Plato does not enquire how the blood is separated from the faeces.
        Timaeus
        8
        This done he proceeds into the kitchen to enquire for a vessel.
        Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
        9
        However, he promised a Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the whole affair.
        Gilbert Keith Chesterton
        10
        PROTARCHUS: Ay; let us enquire into that, for we shall lose nothing.
        Philebus
        11
        He had no right to enquire, no right to hunt her down.
        The Imaginary Marriage
        12
        You enquire if Black Hawk was at the battle of the Thames?
        Great Indian Chief of the West; Or, Life and Adventures of Black...
        13
        Did she interest herself in my concern and enquire after my welfare?
        Damon and Delia: A Tale
        14
        Moses answered: Because the people come unto me to enquire of God.
        The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3
        15
        At my request, embrace all of them and enquire after their welfare.'
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
        16
        There are some other women's industries I want you to enquire into.
        A People's Man
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