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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. | | 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. | | 3. | To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question. | | 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. | | 2. | To make inquiry, or seek by request; - sometimes followed by after. | n. | 1. | (Zool.) A water newt. |
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