Italian

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Etymology

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Back-formation from inquisito, from Latin inquīsītus, perfect passive participle of inquīrō (to investigate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.kwiˈzi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧qui‧sì‧re

Verb

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inquisìre (first-person singular present inquisìsco, first-person singular past historic inquisìi, past participle inquisìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic, rare) to investigate, to study
  2. (intransitive or rarely transitive) to investigate (in a hostile manner) [with su ‘a person’] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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