All 3 Uses
inquire
in
The Overcoat, by Gogol
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- They bought some very good cloth, and at a reasonable rate too, for they had been considering the matter for six months, and rarely let a month pass without their visiting the shops to inquire prices.†
*inquire = ask about or look into something
- Then he inquired why his old mantle hung before him when he had a new cloak.†
inquired = asked about or looked into
- But being rather weak of body, he dared not arrest him, but followed him in the dark, until, at length, the apparition looked round, paused, and inquired, "What do you want?" at the same time showing a fist such as is never seen on living men.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(inquire) to ask about or look into something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)