Ask

Definition of Ask

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Asked ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Asking.] Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God. - Judg. xviii. 5. 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.
	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. - Gen. xxxiv. 12. To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. - Luke xii. 48. An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity. - Addison.
	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. - John ix. 21. He asked the way to Chester. - Shak.
	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.
v. i.	1.	To request or petition; - usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread. Ask, and it shall be given you. - Matt. vii. 7.
	2.	To make inquiry, or seek by request; - sometimes followed by after. Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name? - Gen. xxxii. 29.
n.	1.	(Zool.) A water newt.

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