Inquire, vb. (trisyll. in Shr. I, 2, 166), to ask questions, to seek for information; 1) absol.: “i. at London,” R2 V, 3, 5. “did prompt me to i.” Rom. II, 2, 80. Followed by about: “I promised to i. about a schoolmaster,” Shr. I, 2, 166. By after: “you have not been --d after,” Meas. IV, 1, 19. “would you buy her, that you i. after her?” Ado I, 1, 181. As III, 4, 50. Alls V, 2, 55. By for: “go i. for my master,” Wiv. I, 4, 42. Meas. IV, 1, 17. As IV, 3, 90. Per. IV, 6, 176. By of, in the same sense: “my father hath a power; i. of him,” R2 III, 2, 186. By an interr. clause: “i. where money is,” Merch. I, 1, 183. H4A III, 3, 61. Hml. II, 1, 7.
2) trans. to ask for, to seek out by asking: “you must i. your way,” Cor. III, 1, 54. “my brother never did urge me in this act: I did i. it,” Ant. II, 2, 46. With forth: “I shall i. you forth,” Gent. II, 4, 186. With “out. i. my lodging out,” Merch. II, 2, 162. IV, 2, 1. John IV, 3, 115. H4A IV, 2, 17. R3 IV, 2, 54. Tit. V, 2, 123. Rom. II, 4, 173. Tim. IV, 2, 48. Oth. III, 4, 14.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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