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verb

Ask v. t. (past & past part. asked; pres. part. asking)

1.

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed. "Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God." "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."

2.

To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask? "Ask me never so much dowry." "To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." "An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity."

3.

To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question. "He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself." "He asked the way to Chester."

4.

To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.

5.

To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.

Synonyms: To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat; beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim; exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See Beg.

Ask v. i.

1.

To request or petition; usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread. "Ask, and it shall be given you."

2.

To make inquiry, or seek by request; sometimes followed by after. "Wherefore... dost ask after my name?"

noun

Asking n.

1.

The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.

2.

The publishing of banns.

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Etymology of 'Asking'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... from him; and then she had ceased, with a dull sense of loss and disappointment, to expect any answer at all. Her mother inquired briskly every day if her letter had come and urged her to write a note asking if he had received it, for he might be waiting for it all this time, but shyness and pride forbade that, and afterward his mother called and spoke of something that he must have read in that letter. She felt how she must have colored, and was glad that her father called her, at that moment, ...

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