Definition of "enquire"

enquire

/ɪŋˈkwaɪə/

verb
third-person singular simple present enquires, present participle enquiring, simple past and past participle enquired
1. (intransitive) To make an enquiry.
2. (transitive, archaic) To ask about (something).
  Quotations
  Having thus at length enquired the truth concerning Law and dispense.
  1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], book
  Thus prompts his accents and his actions still, / And all obey and few enquire his will; / To such, brief answer and contemptuous eye / Convey reproof, nor further deign reply.
  1814, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in The Corsair, a Tale, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], for John Murray, […], stanza II, page 5, lines 79–82