To search for; seek out; make investigation concerning.To ask about (a thing or person); seek knowledge of by asking.To call; name.To ask of; question.Synonyms Ask, Inquire, Question, etc. See ask.To seek for knowledge or information; make inquisition or investigation; use means for discovering or learning something.To ask for information; seek knowledge of something by asking a question or questions: as, I will inquire about it.n. Inquiry; search; investigation.