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Definition of Inquires
1. inquire [v] - See also: inquire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inquires
Literary usage of Inquires
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"The author, lamenting Andrew Sail's abjuration of Catholicism, inquires into the
cause of persecution in Ireland and England. 9. ..."
2. The Works of Tobias Smollett by Tobias George Smollett, William Ernest Henley (1899)
"CHAPTER XVIII He inquires into the Situation of this Young Lady with whom he is
enamoured—Elopes from School —Is found by the Lieutenant, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... that when anyone "calmly inquires what (hese tales so full of rage and fury
really mean, when they mean anything, he finds the bloody wolf transformed ..."
4. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... to the Retention of Stanton in the Cabinet — The President receives the
Committee from the Convention — Slidell inquires on what Terms he may return to ..."
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