"perquisition" meaning in English

See perquisition in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: perquisitions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} perquisition (plural perquisitions)
  1. A thorough inquiry or search.
    Sense id: en-perquisition-en-noun-mRsGUFZ3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "perquisition (plural perquisitions)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1744, George Berkeley, Siris, a chain of philosophical reflections and inquiries, concerning the virtues of tar-water:",
          "text": "escape all the filtrations and perquisitions of the most nice observers",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A thorough inquiry or search."
      ],
      "id": "en-perquisition-en-noun-mRsGUFZ3"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perquisition"
}
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "perquisition (plural perquisitions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1744, George Berkeley, Siris, a chain of philosophical reflections and inquiries, concerning the virtues of tar-water:",
          "text": "escape all the filtrations and perquisitions of the most nice observers",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A thorough inquiry or search."
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