v. Obs. [ad. L. exquīrĕ-re to search out diligently, f. ex- out + quærĕre to seek.] trans. To search out, seek for; to find out by searching.
1607. Chapman, Bussy d’Ambois, V. i. Make her name her conceald messenger … That passeth all our studies to exquire. Ibid. (1615), Odyss., IV. 520. Who can the deeps of all the seas exquire.
c. 1618. Fletcher, Q. Corinth, IV. iii. (1st fol.). How she came by it, is not yet exquired.
1652. Benlowes, Theoph., XI. lxxi. The soul, that beauteousnesse of Grace exquires.
