Esquiring

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  • verb. Present participle of esquire.
  • Word Usage
    "Valhurst advance from the cabin, where he had been drying and refreshing himself, she welcomed him as a resource, and, taking advantage of the civility she owed him for what he had suffered in esquiring her, gave him her sole attention; always persuaded his admiration was but a sort of old fashioned politeness, equally without design in itself, or subject for comment in others."
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    enquiring  
    verb-stem
    esquire