enqueste
Middle English
Middle French
Old French
Alternative forms
Noun
enqueste f (oblique plural enquestes, nominative singular enqueste, nominative plural enquestes)
- search
- inquiry
- investigation; inquiry; inquest
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, De sainte Esglise:
- Se li rois feïst or enqueste
Sor ceus qui ce font si honeste,- If the king now conducted an inquest
Into those who claim to be so honest
- If the king now conducted an inquest
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Related terms
References
- “enquête” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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