inquisire
Italian
Etymology
Back-formation from inquisito, from Latin inquīsītus, perfect passive participle of inquīrō (“to investigate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.kwiˈzi.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: in‧qui‧sì‧re
Verb
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) [+ su (a person)] [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of inquisìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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