inquest
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noun \ˈin-ˌkwest\Definition of INQUEST
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a : a judicial or official inquiry or examination especially before a jury <a coroner's inquest> b : a body of people (as a jury) assembled to hold such an inquiry c : the finding of the jury upon such inquiry or the document recording it
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See Examples of INQUEST
- The court has ordered an inquest into his death.
- <the police conducted an inquest into the case>
Origin of INQUEST
Middle English, from Anglo-French enqueste, from Vulgar Latin *inquaesta, feminine of *inquaestus, past participle of *inquaerere to inquire
First Known Use: 13th century
Related to INQUEST
- Synonyms
- delving, disquisition, examen, examination, exploration, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, probation, probe, probing, research, study
Rhymes with INQUEST
abreast, abscessed, appressed, armrest, arrest, at best, at rest, attest, backrest, beau geste, bed rest, behest, bequest, blood test, congest, conquest, contest, crow's nest, depressed, detest, devest, digest, distressed, divest, egest, eighth rest, field-test, flight-test, footrest, gabfest, half rest, hard-pressed, headrest, high-test, hillcrest, hope chest, houseguest, imprest, incest, infest, ingest, interest, invest, Key West, lovefest, love nest, Mae West, mare's nest, Midwest, molest, northwest, patch test, posttest, pretest, professed, protest, redbreast, repressed, request, revest, road test, scratch test, screen test, sea chest, skin test, slop chest, slugfest, southwest, spot test, steam chest, stress test, suggest, Trieste, t-test, unblessed, undressed, unrest, unstressed, war chest, whole rest, Wild West
in·quest
noun \ˈin-ˌkwest\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of INQUEST
: a judicial or official inquiry especially before a jury to determine the cause of a violent or unexpected death <a coroner's inquest>
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