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inquisitioning

inquisitioning is the present participle and gerund of inquisition.

Meaning of inquisition

Verb

inquisition (third-person singular simple present inquisitions, present participle inquisitioning, simple past and past participle inquisitioned)

  1. (obsolete) To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.
    • And in their name I shall for neither friend nor foe conceal what the general murmur is ; that if it come to inquisitioning again1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC

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Questions about inquisitioning

What is inquisitioning the present participle and gerund of?
Inquisitioning is the present participle and gerund of inquisition.

Words near inquisitioning in the dictionary

  1. inquisition post mortem
  2. inquisitional
  3. inquisitionally
  4. inquisitionary
  5. inquisitioned
  6. inquisitioning
  7. inquisitionist
  8. inquisitionists
  9. inquisitions
  10. inquisitions post mortem
  11. inquisitive

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