All 11 Uses of
inquire
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Soon after this he inquired if I thought that the breaking up of the ice had destroyed the other sledge.†
p. 28.1inquired = asked about or looked into
- With a confusion of ideas only to be accounted for by my extreme youth and my want of a guide on such matters, I had retrod the steps of knowledge along the paths of time and exchanged the discoveries of recent inquirers for the dreams of forgotten alchemists.†
p. 48.2
- The ambition of the inquirer seemed to limit itself to the annihilation of those visions on which my interest in science was chiefly founded.†
p. 48.3inquirer = someone who is asking a question or looking for information
- I read with ardour those works, so full of genius and discrimination, which modern inquirers have written on these subjects.†
p. 51.1
- My father made no reproach in his letters and only took notice of my silence by inquiring into my occupations more particularly than before.†
p. 57.1 *inquiring = asking about or looking into
- Presently Ernest came, and enquired if we had seen his brother; he said, that he had been playing with him, that William had run away to hide himself, and that he vainly sought for him, and afterwards waited for a long time, but that he did not return.†
p. 73.9enquired = asked about or looked intounconventional spelling: This is the more common British spelling. Americans use inquired more commonly.
- I tried to calm Ernest; I enquired more minutely concerning my father, and her I named my cousin.†
p. 80.0
- She returned to the house about eight o'clock, and when one inquired where she had passed the night, she replied that she had been looking for the child and demanded earnestly if anything had been heard concerning him.†
p. 84.4inquired = asked about or looked into
- It was on one of these days, when my cottagers periodically rested from labour—the old man played on his guitar, and the children listened to him—that I observed the countenance of Felix was melancholy beyond expression; he sighed frequently, and once his father paused in his music, and I conjectured by his manner that he inquired the cause of his son's sorrow.†
p. 119.5
- I inquired the way to the inn, but no one replied.†
p. 178.3
- I inquired of the inhabitants concerning the fiend and gained accurate information.†
p. 209.8
Definition:
to ask about or look into something