All 8 Uses of
inquire
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- I was charm'd with it, adopted it, dropt my abrupt contradiction and positive argumentation, and put on the humble inquirer and doubter.†
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- I had made many a meal on bread, and, inquiring where he got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Secondstreet, and ask'd for bisket, intending such as we had in Boston; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia.†
- After sending to inquire my character at the house where I last lodg'd she agreed to take me in at the same rate, 3s.†
- We had scarce opened our letters and put our press in order, before George House, an acquaintance of mine, brought a countryman to us, whom he had met in the street inquiring for a printer.†
- The common mode at last was, to grant money under the phrase of its being "for the king's use," and never to inquire how it was applied.†
- I enquired into the nature and probable utility of his scheme, and receiving from him a very satisfactory explanation, I not only subscrib'd to it myself, but engag'd heartily in the design of procuring subscriptions from others.†
- He delivered to me some letters from my friends there, which occasion'd my inquiring when he was to return, and where be lodg'd, that I might send some letters by him.†
- After a full enquiry, they unanimously sign'd a report that they found the tax had been assess'd with perfect equity.†
Definition:
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(inquire) to ask about or look into something