inquiryenquiryn.

/ɪnˈkwʌɪəri/

Forms: α. Middle English enquery, 1500s–1600s enquirie, 1500s– enquiry. β. 1500s inquerie, inquery, inquyrie, 1500s–1600s inquirie, 1500s– inquiry, 1600s inquiery.

Etymology: In 15th cent. enquery, < enquere, inquire v. + -y suffix³: subsequently altered to enquiry, inquiry, after the verb.

The action, or an act or course, of inquiring.

a. The action of seeking, esp. (now always) for truth, knowledge, or information concerning something; search, research, investigation, examination.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > [noun]

inquisitionc1384

inquiryc1440

searcha1500

quest1531

research1604

researching1611

digging1827

fact-finding1854

delving1888

scanning1937

oppo1990

α.

c1440 York Myst. xxxii. 110 It langis to youre lord~schippe..As souereyne youre selffe to sitte of enquery.

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1602) iv. i. 363 And this description excludeth all meetings, that are onely for Enquirie: in so much as to enquire, and not to heare and determine, is but a half doing.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §14 I clearly perceive upon exact enquiry, that to be an animal doth belong to the nature of man.

1721 E. Young Revenge v. ii Enquiry will discover all.

1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 29 Its Notation seems a subject of enquiry not unworthy the curiosity of musical readers.

β. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. C3 The king..ordeyned, that the processe with diligent inquirie shuld be fornished.a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 98 Without all doubt and reason for farther inquiry.1743 J. Morris Serm. iii. 69 To reject the christian religion without inquiry.1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §1. 597 Fields of inquiry which had till then been unknown.

b. (with plural) A course of inquiry, an investigation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun]

inspection1390

search1415

probationc1422

ensearchingc1430

surview1432

enserchise1436

overseeingc1449

sight1452

hearkeninga1483

discuting1483

ensearcha1509

inquiry1512

upsightc1515

perusing1556

perpending1558

overlooking1565

interview1567

trial1575

peruse1578

visitation1583

perspective?a1586

overviewing1590

looking over1599

sounding1599

perusal1604

supervise1604

disquisition1605

expiscation1605

prospect1625

ravellinga1626

disquiry1628

disquisitive1660

perpendment1667

inspecting1788

sleuthing1900

casing1928

α.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxix^v To call the empanelles, for thenquiry, as the vse and order is.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vii. 27 Many simples unknowne to his enquiries .

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 6. ⁋4 We generally spend the Evening..in Enquiries into Antiquity.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 424 To make a satisfactory enquiry into what has been said.

β. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 Preamble Theire adherentes..caused a Crouner to sit and inquere..and for the inquery therof..caused to be..impanelled such parciall and mysgoverned persons.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xlviij He shortly caused inquyries to be made of diuerse offences.1676 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 126 If you still prosecute the same studies and inquiries.1798 Duke of Wellington Let. to Tippoo Sultaun in Dispatches (1837) I. 5 You will afford every facility to the conduct of the necessary inquiries.1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (1870) iv. 147 We are now in a position to proceed with our inquiry.

a. The action of asking or questioning; interrogation. (In commercial use = demand n.¹ 4.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun]

askingeOE

speeringa1100

frayninga1300

questionc1384

inquiringc1386

inquirance1412

inquirea1500

inquiry1565

sciscitation1618

questioninga1635

enquestiona1641

querying1652

popping1710

inquiration1789

1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia v. f. 116^v We coulde learne nothinge therof by enquiry.

1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes ii. viii. 136 That Magike and enquirie of things at the dead, dyd much displease God.

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xx. 25 It is a snare to the man..after vowes to make inquirie .

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 120. ⁋4 Upon Enquiry, I was informed that her Name was Jealousy.

1880 Daily News 26 Feb. 3/2 The Stock Exchange settlement begun to-day is the chief cause of the increased inquiry.

b. A question; an interrogation, a query.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of

askOE

askingOE

questionc1350

demandc1386

inquestc1400

interrogationc1405

inquisitionc1440

questioninga1450

inquirea1500

manda1500

terogatores1511

interrogatory1533

inquiry1548

interrogator1561

interrogativea1586

quaere1589

intergatory1590

A1591

Q1591

query1610

interrogate1633

starter1673

querical1699

speer1788

qy.1819

Q1902

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. liiij Of his awne frewyll and mynde, without any question or enquiry to him made.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος Ep. Ded. sig. d^v When they were ready to depart, a mutual inquiry was made how that they might meet again.

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 631 Enquiries none they made; the dreadful Day No Pause of Words admits.

1814 W. Brown Hist. Propagation Christianity II. 30 They made enquiries at him concerning the character of the inhabitants.

1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 9 Our reply to this reasonable enquiry is simple, and wholly satisfactory.

3. court of inquiry, a court legally constituted to inquire into and investigate any charge against an officer or soldier of the army, or any transaction in which the conduct of persons may be found to call for proceedings before a court-martial. jury of inquiry, †(a) a Grand Jury (also †jury of inquest: cf. inquest n. 1) obsolete; (b) a jury summoned to investigate the subject of a writ of inquiry. writ of inquiry, a writ directing an inquiry or inquest; spec. that described in quot. 1809.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > grand jury or jury of inquiry

inquestc1305

questa1325

grand or great inquest1467

grand jury1495

jury of inquiry1588

special jurya1726

inquest jury1825

society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court dealing with military offences

court martiala1604

drumhead1796

court of inquiry1808

drumhead court-martial1835

society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > other types of writ

utrumc1290

quo warrantoa1325

writ of right closea1325

writ of oyer and terminer1414

writ of right1414

quare impedit?a1424

prohibition?1435

praecipec1440

supplicavita1450

replevy1451

ouster-le-main1485

praecipe in capitec1523

value1527

inhibition1532

rehabilitation1533

melius inquirendum1549

ne exeat regnum1559

quo minus1592

letters (or writ) of supplementc1600

inhibition1603

fair pleading1607

ingressu1607

ne exeat regno1607

account1622

associationa1625

ship-writ1640

cessavit1641

ne exeat1644

devastavit1651

right close1651

writ of second deliverance1652

fair pleader1655

beaupleader1700

proclamation writ1713

writ of inquiry1809

writ of intendence and respondence1881

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xix. 67 b Each Jury of enquiry ought to conteine twelve in number at the least, and if there bee 18 or more, it shal not bee amisse. Yet the common order with us is to have them of an odde number, as 17, 19, or 21, to the ende..that if they should dissent in opinion..there should bee alwayes one to..cast the ballance.

1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 21 Brackenridge asked the direction of the Court to exhibit a judgment for a penalty in evidence to a jury of enquiry.

1808 Duke of Wellington Let. to Pulteny Malcolm 12 Nov. in Dispatches (1837) IV. 164 To be examined before the Court of Inquiry.

1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. Writ of Inquiry of Damages, a judicial Writ that issues out to the Sheriff upon a judgment by default, in action, of the case, covenant, trespass, trover &c. commanding him to summon a jury to inquire what damages the plaintiff hath sustained occasione præmissorum.

1875 Judicature Act Ord. xiii. §6 Where the defendant fails to appear..interlocutory judgment may be entered, and a writ of inquiry shall issue to assess the value of the goods and the damages.

1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) Inquiry, Court of, frequently appointed by the Army authorities to ascertain the propriety of resorting to ulterior proceedings against a person charged before it. The evidence is unsworn.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as inquiry agency, inquiry agent, inquiry-office, inquiry room, etc.

ΚΠ

1850 J. Gallaher Western Sketch-bk. 243 He came into the inquiry room, and told me..that he had been living in sin.

1888 A. T. Pierson Evangelistic Work x. 95 Inquiry-rooms will be put where no one can go out without passing their open doors.

1892 R. Kipling & W. Balestier Naulahka xvii. 204 See here, young woman, do you run a private inquiry agency?

1894 Daily News 13 Apr. 7/3 Detectives Croxton and Gentle said that no doubt since 1889 he had been living on inquiry fees.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 10 Apr. 7/2 Referring to obstinate South Africa inquiry witnesses.

1901 Daily News 5 Feb. 4/4 The Rev. F. B. Meyer..hoped that each church would continue its..band of inquiry~room workers.

1922 Kelly's Directory Liverpool 1181/3 Ramage & Kelly private inquiry agents.

1971 K. Gottschalk in B. de Ferranti Living with Computer iv. 31 Society is being confronted with..ultraviolet photography practised by inquiry agents.

Draft additions 1993

Frequently as public inquiry. A formal or judicial investigation into a matter of public concern, esp. one conducted by a tribunal established for this purpose under a regional or national government department, and granted jurisdictive powers. Also elliptical or collective for (members of) the tribunal itself.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > by tribunal

inquiry1873

1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 89 §13 The inquiry shall be held in public before an officer.

1926 Encycl. Brit. I. 411/1 In 1894 two public inquiries into the administration of prisons and of Home Office schools arrived..at the same..conclusion.

1966 Listener 16 June 889/3 This month the inquiry into the riots is taking place.

1978 P. Lewis Fifties iv. 95 ‘I never urged anyone not to work on the hydrogen bomb project,’ he told the inquiry.

1980 Illustr. London News Mar. 24/1 The scheme has been the subject of a public inquiry and is under consideration by the Department of the Environment.

1990 C. Rose Dirty Man of Europe i. 13 The ensuing official inquiry heard that Barking..had gone into rapid decline as huge banks of sewage silt built up in the River around the outfalls.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	inquiry
释义	inquiryenquiryn. /ɪnˈkwʌɪəri/ Forms: α. Middle English enquery, 1500s–1600s enquirie, 1500s– enquiry. β. 1500s inquerie, inquery, inquyrie, 1500s–1600s inquirie, 1500s– inquiry, 1600s inquiery. Etymology: In 15th cent. enquery, < enquere, inquire v. + -y suffix³: subsequently altered to enquiry, inquiry, after the verb. The action, or an act or course, of inquiring. 1. a. The action of seeking, esp. (now always) for truth, knowledge, or information concerning something; search, research, investigation, examination. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > [noun] inquisitionc1384 inquiryc1440 searcha1500 quest1531 research1604 researching1611 digging1827 fact-finding1854 delving1888 scanning1937 oppo1990 α. c1440 York Myst. xxxii. 110 It langis to youre lord~schippe..As souereyne youre selffe to sitte of enquery. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1602) iv. i. 363 And this description excludeth all meetings, that are onely for Enquirie: in so much as to enquire, and not to heare and determine, is but a half doing. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §14 I clearly perceive upon exact enquiry, that to be an animal doth belong to the nature of man. 1721 E. Young Revenge v. ii Enquiry will discover all. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 29 Its Notation seems a subject of enquiry not unworthy the curiosity of musical readers. β. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. C3 The king..ordeyned, that the processe with diligent inquirie shuld be fornished.a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 98 Without all doubt and reason for farther inquiry.1743 J. Morris Serm. iii. 69 To reject the christian religion without inquiry.1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §1. 597 Fields of inquiry which had till then been unknown. b. (with plural) A course of inquiry, an investigation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] inspection1390 search1415 probationc1422 ensearchingc1430 surview1432 enserchise1436 overseeingc1449 sight1452 hearkeninga1483 discuting1483 ensearcha1509 inquiry1512 upsightc1515 perusing1556 perpending1558 overlooking1565 interview1567 trial1575 peruse1578 visitation1583 perspective?a1586 overviewing1590 looking over1599 sounding1599 perusal1604 supervise1604 disquisition1605 expiscation1605 prospect1625 ravellinga1626 disquiry1628 disquisitive1660 perpendment1667 inspecting1788 sleuthing1900 casing1928 α. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxix^v To call the empanelles, for thenquiry, as the vse and order is. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vii. 27 Many simples unknowne to his enquiries . View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 6. ⁋4 We generally spend the Evening..in Enquiries into Antiquity. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 424 To make a satisfactory enquiry into what has been said. β. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 Preamble Theire adherentes..caused a Crouner to sit and inquere..and for the inquery therof..caused to be..impanelled such parciall and mysgoverned persons.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xlviij He shortly caused inquyries to be made of diuerse offences.1676 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 126 If you still prosecute the same studies and inquiries.1798 Duke of Wellington Let. to Tippoo Sultaun in Dispatches (1837) I. 5 You will afford every facility to the conduct of the necessary inquiries.1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (1870) iv. 147 We are now in a position to proceed with our inquiry. 2. a. The action of asking or questioning; interrogation. (In commercial use = demand n.¹ 4.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] askingeOE speeringa1100 frayninga1300 questionc1384 inquiringc1386 inquirance1412 inquirea1500 inquiry1565 sciscitation1618 questioninga1635 enquestiona1641 querying1652 popping1710 inquiration1789 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia v. f. 116^v We coulde learne nothinge therof by enquiry. 1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes ii. viii. 136 That Magike and enquirie of things at the dead, dyd much displease God. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xx. 25 It is a snare to the man..after vowes to make inquirie . View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 120. ⁋4 Upon Enquiry, I was informed that her Name was Jealousy. 1880 Daily News 26 Feb. 3/2 The Stock Exchange settlement begun to-day is the chief cause of the increased inquiry. b. A question; an interrogation, a query. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of askOE askingOE questionc1350 demandc1386 inquestc1400 interrogationc1405 inquisitionc1440 questioninga1450 inquirea1500 manda1500 terogatores1511 interrogatory1533 inquiry1548 interrogator1561 interrogativea1586 quaere1589 intergatory1590 A1591 Q1591 query1610 interrogate1633 starter1673 querical1699 speer1788 qy.1819 Q1902 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. liiij Of his awne frewyll and mynde, without any question or enquiry to him made. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος Ep. Ded. sig. d^v When they were ready to depart, a mutual inquiry was made how that they might meet again. 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 631 Enquiries none they made; the dreadful Day No Pause of Words admits. 1814 W. Brown Hist. Propagation Christianity II. 30 They made enquiries at him concerning the character of the inhabitants. 1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 9 Our reply to this reasonable enquiry is simple, and wholly satisfactory. 3. court of inquiry, a court legally constituted to inquire into and investigate any charge against an officer or soldier of the army, or any transaction in which the conduct of persons may be found to call for proceedings before a court-martial. jury of inquiry, †(a) a Grand Jury (also †jury of inquest: cf. inquest n. 1) obsolete; (b) a jury summoned to investigate the subject of a writ of inquiry. writ of inquiry, a writ directing an inquiry or inquest; spec. that described in quot. 1809. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > grand jury or jury of inquiry inquestc1305 questa1325 grand or great inquest1467 grand jury1495 jury of inquiry1588 special jurya1726 inquest jury1825 society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court dealing with military offences court martiala1604 drumhead1796 court of inquiry1808 drumhead court-martial1835 society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > other types of writ utrumc1290 quo warrantoa1325 writ of right closea1325 writ of oyer and terminer1414 writ of right1414 quare impedit?a1424 prohibition?1435 praecipec1440 supplicavita1450 replevy1451 ouster-le-main1485 praecipe in capitec1523 value1527 inhibition1532 rehabilitation1533 melius inquirendum1549 ne exeat regnum1559 quo minus1592 letters (or writ) of supplementc1600 inhibition1603 fair pleading1607 ingressu1607 ne exeat regno1607 account1622 associationa1625 ship-writ1640 cessavit1641 ne exeat1644 devastavit1651 right close1651 writ of second deliverance1652 fair pleader1655 beaupleader1700 proclamation writ1713 writ of inquiry1809 writ of intendence and respondence1881 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xix. 67 b Each Jury of enquiry ought to conteine twelve in number at the least, and if there bee 18 or more, it shal not bee amisse. Yet the common order with us is to have them of an odde number, as 17, 19, or 21, to the ende..that if they should dissent in opinion..there should bee alwayes one to..cast the ballance. 1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 21 Brackenridge asked the direction of the Court to exhibit a judgment for a penalty in evidence to a jury of enquiry. 1808 Duke of Wellington Let. to Pulteny Malcolm 12 Nov. in Dispatches (1837) IV. 164 To be examined before the Court of Inquiry. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. Writ of Inquiry of Damages, a judicial Writ that issues out to the Sheriff upon a judgment by default, in action, of the case, covenant, trespass, trover &c. commanding him to summon a jury to inquire what damages the plaintiff hath sustained occasione præmissorum. 1875 Judicature Act Ord. xiii. §6 Where the defendant fails to appear..interlocutory judgment may be entered, and a writ of inquiry shall issue to assess the value of the goods and the damages. 1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) Inquiry, Court of, frequently appointed by the Army authorities to ascertain the propriety of resorting to ulterior proceedings against a person charged before it. The evidence is unsworn. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as inquiry agency, inquiry agent, inquiry-office, inquiry room, etc. ΚΠ 1850 J. Gallaher Western Sketch-bk. 243 He came into the inquiry room, and told me..that he had been living in sin. 1888 A. T. Pierson Evangelistic Work x. 95 Inquiry-rooms will be put where no one can go out without passing their open doors. 1892 R. Kipling & W. Balestier Naulahka xvii. 204 See here, young woman, do you run a private inquiry agency? 1894 Daily News 13 Apr. 7/3 Detectives Croxton and Gentle said that no doubt since 1889 he had been living on inquiry fees. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 10 Apr. 7/2 Referring to obstinate South Africa inquiry witnesses. 1901 Daily News 5 Feb. 4/4 The Rev. F. B. Meyer..hoped that each church would continue its..band of inquiry~room workers. 1922 Kelly's Directory Liverpool 1181/3 Ramage & Kelly private inquiry agents. 1971 K. Gottschalk in B. de Ferranti Living with Computer iv. 31 Society is being confronted with..ultraviolet photography practised by inquiry agents. Draft additions 1993 Frequently as public inquiry. A formal or judicial investigation into a matter of public concern, esp. one conducted by a tribunal established for this purpose under a regional or national government department, and granted jurisdictive powers. Also elliptical or collective for (members of) the tribunal itself. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > by tribunal inquiry1873 1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 89 §13 The inquiry shall be held in public before an officer. 1926 Encycl. Brit. I. 411/1 In 1894 two public inquiries into the administration of prisons and of Home Office schools arrived..at the same..conclusion. 1966 Listener 16 June 889/3 This month the inquiry into the riots is taking place. 1978 P. Lewis Fifties iv. 95 ‘I never urged anyone not to work on the hydrogen bomb project,’ he told the inquiry. 1980 Illustr. London News Mar. 24/1 The scheme has been the subject of a public inquiry and is under consideration by the Department of the Environment. 1990 C. Rose Dirty Man of Europe i. 13 The ensuing official inquiry heard that Barking..had gone into rapid decline as huge banks of sewage silt built up in the River around the outfalls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1440
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