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Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.

An inquirer. [Obs.] Aubrey.

One who inquires, or asks questions. Swift.

To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact.

Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question.

One who asks questions; an inquirer. "Little time for idle questioners." Tennyson.

A questioner; an inquirer. [Obs.]

A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers. Blackstone.

led "reasonists" and "rationalists," to distinguish them from true reasoners and rational inquirers. Waterland.

llowed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright. Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. 2 Kings i. 2.

One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.

To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.

One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer. Ayliffe.

To inquire after; to look for; to seek. I will both search my sheep, and seek them out. Ezek. xxxiv. 11. Enough is left besides to search and know. Milton.

One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically:

To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech. Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke xi. 16.

A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.

o affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting. Inquire the Jew's house out, give him this deed, And let him sign it. Shak.

is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.

your family to do so too. Locke. It concerns every man, with the greatest seriousness, to inquire into those matters, whether they be so or not. Tillotson. He is Sir Robert's son, and so art thou. Shak.