Obs. [ad. L. exquīsītiōn-em, n. of action f. exquīrĕre: see EXQUIRE.] The action of searching out. Proper exquisition: self-seeking.
c. 1430. trans. T. à Kempis’ Wks., 108. Seldom is eny founde fre fro þe venym of propre exquisicion. Ibid., Imit., I. iii. He … labouriþ to be ydel in him from al maner exquisicion of propre witte.
