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inquirance

inquirance noun: inquiry.

Noun

inquirance (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Inquiry.
    • […]the men which were ſent from Cornelius / had made inquyrance for Simons houſſe / and ſtode befor the dore.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts x:[17], folio clxix, recto

Origin of inquirance

From Middle English inquyraunce, probably from Anglo-French.

Questions about inquirance

What does inquirance mean?
Inquirance means inquiry.
What part of speech is inquirance?
Inquirance is a noun.

Words near inquirance in the dictionary

  1. inquinates
  2. inquinating
  3. inquination
  4. inquinations
  5. inquirable
  6. inquirance
  7. inquirant
  8. inquirants
  9. inquiration
  10. inquirations
  11. inquire

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