enquere

Middle English

Verb

enquere

1. enquire, inquire
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3165-3166:

     ‘So he may finde goddes foyson there,
     Of the remenant nedeth nat enquere.’

     ‘So long as he can find God's plenty there,
     Of the rest he needs not enquire.’

   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 315-316:

     [...] That oon thou shalt forgo, maugree thyne yën;
     What nedeth thee of me to enquere or spyën?

     [...] One of them thou must give up, despite anything you can do;
     What helps it to inquire about me or spy?

References

• “enquere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.