reinquiryn.
/ˌriːɪnˈkwʌɪ(ə)ri/, /ˌriːɪŋˈkwʌɪ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌriˈɪnˌkwaɪri/, /ˌriˈɪŋˌkwaɪri/, /ˌriᵻnˈkwaɪri/, /ˌriᵻŋˈkwaɪri/, /ˌriˈɪnkwəri/, /ˌriˈɪŋkwəri/ Renewed inquiry; an instance of this.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > renewed or later
after-enquirya1616
reinquiry1819
1819 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Apr. 460/2 It appeared to him that there were many points that would bear a re-inquiry.
1830 Westm. Rev. Oct. 437 Re-inquiries and Removals: these, by whatsoever name called—new trials.
1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Feb. 1/2 The first returns..were sent back for reconsideration and re-inquiry.
1880 J. S. Farmer Spiritualism as New Basis Belief p. vii If what I have written induces a spirit of re-enquiry in any sincere seeker after truth..my work will not have been in vain.
1911 Science 6 Oct. 428/1 The reasons and the reasoning that contented a past generation call for reinquiry.
1936 Yale Law Jrnl. 45 651 The recent indirect challenges to the constitutionality of federal regulatory statues prompt a re-inquiry into the importance and desirability of the case-concept tin the contemporary process of judicial review.
2004 K. M. Ekström & H. Brembeck Elusive Consumption iii. 50 Hopefully, a simple reinquiry of the Consumer Behavior Odyssey will be considered too trivial an undertaking compared to the launching of an even more provocative enterprise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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