Definition of "inquire" []

• To seek information by asking a question: inquired about prices. (verb-intransitive)
• To make an inquiry or investigation: inquire into the extent of the corruption. (verb-intransitive)
• To ask about. (verb-transitive)
• To ask: "I am free to inquire what a work of art means to me” ( Bernard Berenson). See Synonyms at ask. (verb-transitive)
• Inquire after To ask about the health or condition of. (phrasal-verb)

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• "Any knowledge that I inquire is from the limited public sources that the APD can't suppress or intimidate."
• "I was instructed to inquire from the German Government as to whether a German submarine had sunk the Sussex."
• "I was instructed to inquire from the German Government as to whether a German submarine had sunk the _Sussex_."