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▪ I. inquiring, enquiring, vbl. n.|ɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋ|
[f. inquire v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb inquire; inquiry.
c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 790 By witt and subtil enqueryng [rime spryng]. 1530Palsgr. 234/2 Inquyring, enquisition. 1546J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 74 But this is a question of olde enqueryng [rime hearyng]. 1611Florio, Inuenimento,..an inquiring out.
▪ II. inˈquiring, enˈquiring, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That inquires; disposed to inquire, given to inquiry, inquisitive.
1598Florio, Inquisitiuo, enquiring, searching, seeking, inquisitiue, busie. 1702Rowe Tamerl. i. i. 89 Tamerlane Comes like the Proxy of enquiring Heav'n To Judge and to Redress. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 55 Jackey..now comes in with an inquiring Face. 1850L. Hunt Autobiog. II. xv. 181 Conscientious though not very inquiring Clergymen. 1898Daily News 22 Jan. 2/5 But this world is an inquiring world. This age is an inquiring age.
Hence inˈquiringly, enˈquiringly adv., in an inquiring manner; with a disposition to, or indication of, inquiry.
1644Digby Mans Soul (1645) 24 Doubtfull propositions, which the understanding..maketh inquiringly to informe it self of the truth of them. 1821New Monthly Mag. III. 615 Curiosity has been..so naturally and so inquiringly awake. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede lii, Dinah looked at him inquiringly. |