(v. a.adv.) : per-quīro, sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a.quaero.
* To ask or inquire after diligently, to make diligent search for any thing: perquirunt, quid causae siet,Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 49: vasa,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 58, § 134; id. Cael. 22, 53: a contemplandis rebus perquirendisque deterreri,id. Fin. 5, 18, 48: aditus viasque in Suevos perquirit,Caes. B. G. 6, 9 fin.; Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 23.— Absol.: perquirite et videte si, etc.,make inquiry,Vulg. 4 Reg. 10, 23.—Impers. pass.: perquiritur a coactoribus,Cic. Clu. 64, 180.
* To examine: cognitionem rei,Cic. de Or. 3, 29, 112.—Hence, perquīsītē, adv., exactly, accurately; in comp.: perquisitius conscribere,Cic. Inv. 1, 41, 77.

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