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exquiring

exquiring is the present participle and gerund 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 exquiring

What is exquiring the present participle and gerund of?
Exquiring is the present participle and gerund of exquire.

Words near exquiring in the dictionary

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

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