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Ask (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asked (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Asking.] [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. &ā;scian, &ā;csian; akin to OS. &ē;sc&ō;n, OHG. eisc&ō;n, Sw. &ā;ska, Dan. æske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith. jëskóti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire. √5.] 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.
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Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God.
Judg. xviii. 5.
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If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
John xv. 7.
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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?
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Ask me never so much dowry.
Gen. xxxiv. 12.
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To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Luke xii. 48.
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An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity.
Addison.
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3. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
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He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
John ix. 21.
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He asked the way to Chester.
Shak.
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4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
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5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons. Fuller.
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Syn. -- To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat; beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim; exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See Beg.
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Ask, v. i. 1. To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
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Ask, and it shall be given you.
Matt. vii. 7.
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2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.
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Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name?
Gen. xxxii. 29.
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Ask (&unr_;), n. [See 2d Asker.] (Zo&ö;l.) A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
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