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v. t. [ L. coinquinatus, p. p. of coinquinare to defile. See Inquinate. ] To pollute. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Defilement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. inquietare: cf. F. inquieter. See Quiet. ] To disquiet. [ Obs. ] Joye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inquietatio : cf. F. inquielation. ] Disturbance. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unquietness. [ Obs. ] Joye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inquietudo: cf. F. inquietude. ] Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inquilinus a tenant, lodger. ] (Zool.) A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. inquinatus, p. p. of inquinare to defile. ] To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inquinatio. ] A defiling; pollution; stain. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. enquerable. ] Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inquiry. [ Obs. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Inquired p. pr. & vb. n. Inquiring. ] [ OE. enqueren, inqueren, OF. enquerre, F. enquérir, L. inquirere, inquisitum; pref. in- in + quarere to seek. See Quest a seeking, and cf. Inquiry. ] [ Written also enquire. ] 1. To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries. [ 1913 Webster ]

We will call the damsel, and inquire. Gen. xxiv. 57. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him. 1 Sam. xxiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knowledge; to make examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

And inquire
Gladly into the ways of God with man. Miltom. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is followed by of before the person asked; as, to inquire of a neighbor. It is followed by concerning, after, or about, before the subject of inquiry; as, his friends inquired about or concerning his welfare. “Thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.” Eccl. vii. 10. It is followed by into when search is made for particular knowledge or information; as, to inquire into the cause of a sudden death. It is followed by for or after when a place or person is sought, or something is missing. “Inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus.” Acts ix. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Having thus at length inquired the truth concerning law and dispense. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And all obey and few inquire his will. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To call or name. [ Obs. ] Spenser.

Syn. -- To ask; question. See Question. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inquirens, p. pr. ] Making inquiry; inquiring; questioning. [ Obs. ] Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also enquirer. ] One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Expert inquirers after truth. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inquiring manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Inquiries [ See Inquire. ] [ Written also enquiry. ] 1. The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning. [ 1913 Webster ]

He could no path nor track of foot descry,
Nor by inquiry learn, nor guess by aim. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate. Acts x. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination into facts or principles; research; investigation; as, physical inquiries. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that is wanting to the perfection of this art will undoubtedly be found, if able men . . . will make inquiry into it. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Court of inquiry. See under Court. --
Writ of inquiry, a writ issued in certain actions at law, where the defendant has suffered judgment to pass against him by default, in order to ascertain and assess the plaintiff's damages, where they can not readily be ascertained by mere calculation. Burrill.

Syn. -- Interrogation; interrogatory; question; query; scrutiny; investigation; research; examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admitting judicial inquiry. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inquisitio : cf. F. inquisition. See Inquire, and cf. Inquest. ] 1. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation. [ 1913 Webster ]

As I could learn through earnest inquisition. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not search and inquisition quail
To bring again these foolish runaways. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest. (b) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (R. C. Ch.) A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. inquisitionalis. ] Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the inquisitional rigor . . . executed upon books. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. inquisitionnaire. ] [ R. ] Inquisitional. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. inquisitif, F. inquisitif. ] 1. Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious. [ 1913 Webster ]

A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius. I. Watts.

Syn. -- Inquiring; prying; curious; meddling; intrusive. -- Inquisitive, Curious, Prying. Curious denotes a feeling, and inquisitive a habit. We are curious when we desire to learn something new; we are inquisitive when we set ourselves to gain it by inquiry or research. Prying implies inquisitiveness, and is more commonly used in a bad sense, as indicating a desire to penetrate into the secrets of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ We ] curious are to hear,
What happens new. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

This folio of four pages [ a newspaper ], happy work!
Which not even critics criticise; that holds
Inquisitive attention, while I read. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor need we with a prying eye survey
The distant skies, to find the Milky Way. Creech. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inquisitive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

The occasion that made him afterwards so inquisitively apply himself to the study of physic. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great activity, scrambled in at a high window. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove that ignorance they were born with; which, without this busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. inquisiteur. See Inquire. ] 1. An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions. [ R. ] “Inquisitors are tatlers.” Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (R.C.Ch.) A member of the Court of Inquisition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. inquisitorial. ] 1. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power. “Illiberal and inquisitorial abuse.” F. Blackburne. [ 1913 Webster ]

He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and censorious power even over the laity, and directed it to inquire into all matters of conscience. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices. “Inquisitorial robes.” C. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inquisitorial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making strict inquiry; inquisitorial. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inquisitorial. [ Obs. ] “Our inquisiturient bishops.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. longinquitas, fr. longinquus extensive, remote, fr. longus long. ] Greatness of distance; remoteness. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. propinquitas, from propinquus near, neighboring, from prope near. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Nearness in time. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Nearness of blood; kindred; affinity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. & F. See Quinine. ] Peruvian bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quinque- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence. ] (Chem.) Same as Pentavalent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Relinquished p. pr. & vb. n. Relinquishing. ] [ OF. relinquir, L. relinquere to leave behind; pref. re- re + linquere to leave. See Loan, and cf. Relic, Relict. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit. [ 1913 Webster ]

We ought to relinquish such rites. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

They placed Irish tenants upon the lands relinquished by the English. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To resign; leave; quit; forsake; abandon; desert; renounce; forb&unr_;ar; forego. See Resign. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who relinquishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of relinquishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

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