enquire

verb

Etymology: From Old French enquerre, from en- + querre (“to search, to look for”), from Latin quaerere, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”).

1. British English form of inquire.

   “He enquired about the availability of rental bicycles in the town.”

   “Having thus at length enquired the truth concerning Law and dispense.”