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exquired

exquired is the simple past and past participle of exquire.

Meaning of exquire

Verb

exquire (third-person singular simple present exquires, present participle exquiring, simple past and past participle exquired)

  1. (obsolete) To search into or out.
    • How she came by it, yet is not exquir'd1616–1618, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Queene of Corinth”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647...

Questions about exquired

What is exquired the simple past and past participle of?
Exquired is the simple past and past participle of exquire.

Words near exquired in the dictionary

  1. expwy
  2. expwys
  3. expy
  4. expys
  5. exquire
  6. exquired
  7. exquires
  8. exquiring
  9. exquisite
  10. exquisite corpse
  11. exquisite corpses

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