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   Ask , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Asking.] [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. āscian, ācsian; akin to OS. ēscōn, OHG. eiscōn, Sw. āska, Dan. æske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith. jëskóti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire. √5.]
   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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   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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   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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   To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
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   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.
   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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   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 , n. [See 2d Asker.] (Zool.) A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
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