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AcquisiteAcquisite Ac"qui*site, a. [L. acquisitus, p. p. of acquirere.
See Acquire.]
Acquired. [Obs.] --Burton. AcquisitionAcquisition Ac`qui*si"tion, n. [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere:
cf. F. acquisition. See Acquire.]
1. The act or process of acquiring.
The acquisition or loss of a province. --Macaulay.
2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as,
learning is an acquisition.
Syn: See Acquirement. Acquisitive
Acquisitive Ac*quis"i*tive, a.
1. Acquired. [Obs.]
He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native
soil. --Wotton.
2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an
acquisitive person or disposition.
Acquisitively
Acquisitively Ac*quis"i*tive*ly, adv.
In the way of acquisition.
Acquisitiveness
Acquisitiveness Ac*quis"i*tive*ness, n.
1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire
property; desire of possession.
2. (Phren.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute
the desire of acquiring and possessing. --Combe.
Acquisitor
Acquisitor Ac*quis"i*tor, n.
One who acquires.
DisquisitionDisquisition Dis`qui*si"tion, n. [L. disquisitio, fr.
disquirere to inquire diligently, investigate; dis- +
quaerere to seek. See Quest.]
A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any
subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter,
with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate
essay; dissertation.
For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not
well qualified. --Macaulay. Disquisitional
Disquisitional Dis`qui*si"tion*al, a.
Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.
Disquisitionary
Disquisitionary Dis`qui*si"tion*a*ry, a.
Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.
Disquisitive
Disquisitive Dis*quis"i*tive, a.
Relating to disquisition; fond discussion or investigation;
examining; inquisitive.
Disquisitorial
Disquisitorial Dis*quis`i*to"ri*al, a.
Disquisitory.
Disquisitory
Disquisitory Dis*quis"i*to*ry, a.
Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive. --Ed. Rev.
Exquisite
Exquisite Ex"qui*site, n.
One who manifests an exquisite attention to external
appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop;
a dandy.
Exquisitely
Exquisitely Ex"qui*site*ly, adv.
In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely
wrought.
To a sensitive observer there was something exquisitely
painful in it. --Hawthorne.
Exquisiteness
Exquisiteness Ex"qui*site*ness, n.
Quality of being exquisite.
ExquisitiveExquisitive Ex*quis"i*tive, a.
Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] --Todd. --
Ex*quis"i*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. ExquisitivelyExquisitive Ex*quis"i*tive, a.
Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] --Todd. --
Ex*quis"i*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. Inquisible
Inquisible In*quis"i*ble, a.
Admitting judicial inquiry. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.
Inquisition
Inquisition In`qui*si"tion, v. t.
To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into. [Obs.]
--Milton.
InquisitionInquisition In`qui*si"tion, n. [L. inquisitio : cf. F.
inquisition. See Inquire, and cf. Inquest.]
1. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination;
inspection; investigation.
As I could learn through earnest inquisition.
--Latimer.
Let not search and inquisition quail To bring again
these foolish runaways. --Shak.
2. (Law)
(a) Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
(b) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under
a writ of inquiry. --Bouvier.
The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge
to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of
the county. --Blackstone.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A court or tribunal for the examination and
punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory
IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to
Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of
Italy. Inquisitional
Inquisitional In`qui*si"tion*al, a. [LL. inquisitionalis.]
Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of
or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition.
All the inquisitional rigor . . . executed upon books.
--Milton.
Inquisitionary
Inquisitionary In`qui*si"tion*a*ry,, a. [Cf. F.
inquisitionnaire.] [R.]
Inquisitional.
InquisitiveInquisitive In*quis"i*tive, a. [OE. inquisitif, F.
inquisitif.]
1. Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do
not concern the inquirer.
A wise man is not inquisitive about things
impertinent. --Broome.
2. Given to examination, investigation, or research;
searching; curious.
A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius. --I.
Watts.
Syn: Inquiring; prying; curious; meddling; intrusive.
Usage: Inquisitive, Curious, Prying. Curious denotes a
feeling, and inquisitive a habit. We are curious when
we desire to learn something new; we are inquisitive
when we set ourselves to gain it by inquiry or
research. Prying implies inquisitiveness, and is more
commonly used in a bad sense, as indicating a desire
to penetrate into the secrets of others.
[We] curious are to hear, What happens new.
--Milton.
This folio of four pages [a newspaper], happy
work! Which not even critics criticise; that
holds Inquisitive attention, while I read.
--Cowper.
Nor need we with a prying eye survey The distant
skies, to find the Milky Way. --Creech. Inquisitive
Inquisitive In*quis"i*tive, n.
A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. --Sir
W. Temple.
Inquisitively
Inquisitively In*quis"i*tive*ly, adv.
In an inquisitive manner.
The occasion that made him afterwards so inquisitively
apply himself to the study of physic. --Boyle.
Inquisitiveness
Inquisitiveness In*quis"i*tive*ness, n.
The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to
seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is
unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.
Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great
activity, scrambled in at a high window. --Johnson.
Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove
that ignorance they were born with; which, without this
busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull. --Locke.
InquisitorInquisitor In*quis"i*tor, n. [L.: cf. F. inquisiteur. See
Inquire.]
1. An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions. [R.]
``Inquisitors are tatlers.' --Feltham.
2. (Law) One whose official duty it is to examine and
inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc. --Mozley & W.
3. (R.C.Ch.) A member of the Court of Inquisition. Inquisitorial
Inquisitorial In*quis`i*to"ri*al, a. [Cf. F. inquisitorial.]
1. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly
inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power. ``Illiberal
and inquisitorial abuse.' --F. Blackburne.
He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and
censorious power even over the laity, and directed
it to inquire into all matters of conscience.
--Hume.
2. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its
practices. ``Inquisitorial robes.' --C. Buchanan.
Inquisitorially
Inquisitorially In*quis`i*to"ri*al*ly, adv.
In an inquisitorial manner.
Inquisitorious
Inquisitorious In*quis`i*to"ri*ous, a.
Making strict inquiry; inquisitorial. [Obs.] --Milton.
Meaning of Quisi from wikipedia
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Quisi Bryan (born
October 2, 1970) is an
American man
convicted of
murdering Cleveland police officer Wayne Leon
during a
traffic stop in 2000. Bryan...
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Township murders.
Scheduled to be
executed on
September 23, 2026.
Quisi Bryan Killed a
Cleveland police officer during a
traffic stop in 2000. 23 years...
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indicates ownership, "the one with a
group of stipa",
Hispanicized spelling Quisi Quisini) is a 5,536-metre-high (18,163 ft)
mountain in the
Cordillera Occidental...
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brother Nathaniel raped and
murdered nine
people between 1973 and 1981.
Quisi Bryan –
Convicted murderer who
killed police officer Wayne Leon in 2000...
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accommodate up to 500 people. The hotel's
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