(a) To study or search through (sources of information, a doctrine etc.); (b) to investigate (a claim), inquire into (the rightness of a course of action); (c) to pry into (secret or forbidden things), to be inquisitive or meddlesome.

To learn by study or investigation, to find out or discover (something).

(a) To search (a dwelling, a fortification), to explore or spy out (a country), to look into (something); (b) to examine (a wound or a diseased condition); also fig.; (c) to search or scrutinize (the soul, heart, mind).

(a) To search for or seek out (someone), to seek or strive after (something); (b) to search out or try to uncover (a sin, an offense).

To ask, inquire.