inquire
verb
[ ɪnˈkwʌɪə ]
• ask for information from someone.
• "he inquired about cottages for sale"
Similar:
ask,
make inquiries,
ask questions,
pose a question,
request information,
want to know,
look to someone for answers,
• investigate; look into.
• "the task of political sociology is to inquire into the causes of political events"
Similar:
conduct an inquiry,
make inquiries,
probe,
look,
investigate,
research,
examine,
explore,
scan,
sift,
delve,
dig,
search,
scrutinize,
study,
inspect,
survey,
analyse,
consider,
appraise,
subject to an examination,
check out,
suss out,
snoop,
Origin:
Middle English enquere (later inquere ), from Old French enquerre, from a variant of Latin inquirere, based on quaerere ‘seek’. The spelling with in-, influenced by Latin, dates from the 15th century.
