vbl. sb. Obs. [f. ENSEARCH v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb ENSEARCH; the action of looking for, or inquiring into.

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c. 1430.  trans. T. à Kempis’ Imit., I. iii. What auailiþ grete enserching of hidde & derke þinges?

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1531–2.  Act 23 Hen. VIII., c. 8 § 1. The inserchinge, finding and wasshinge of the saide tinne.

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1605.  Verstegan, Dec. Intell., i. (1628), 11. Tacitus a man curious in the insearching aswell for the originall of the Germans.

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