inquisire
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from inquisito, from Latin inquīsītus, perfect passive participle of inquīrō (“to investigate”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]inquisìre (first-person singular present inquisìsco, first-person singular past historic inquisìi, past participle inquisìto, auxiliary avére)
- (archaic, rare) to investigate, to study
- (intransitive or rarely transitive) to investigate (in a hostile manner) [with su ‘a person’] [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of inquisìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
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- Italian back-formations
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ire
- Rhymes:Italian/ire/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -ire
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian terms with archaic senses
- Italian terms with rare senses
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