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Webster 1913 Edition


Ask

Ask

,
Verb.
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.]
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.
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.
Shakespeare
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.
Fuller.
Syn. – To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat; beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim; exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See
Beg
.

Ask

,
Verb.
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.

Ask

,
Noun.
[See 2d
Asker
.]
(Zool.)
A water newt.
[Scot. & North of Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Ask

'ASK

,
Verb.
T.
[Gr. In former times, the English word was pronounced ax, as in the royal style of assenting to bills in Parliament. 'Be it as it is axed.']
1.
To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; with of before the person to whom the request is made.
Ask counsel of God. Judges 18.
2.
To require, expect or claim.
To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Luke 12.
3.
To interrogate, or inquire; to put a question, with a view to an answer.
He is of age, ask him. John 9.
4.
To require, or make claim.
Ask me never so much dowry. Gen. 34. Dan. 2.
5.
To claim, require or demand, as the price or value of a commodity; to set a price; as, what price do you ask?
6.
To require, as physically necessary.
The exigence of a state asks a much longer time to conduct the design to maturity.
This sense is nearly or entirely obsolete; ask being superseded by require and demand.
7.
To invite; as, to ask guests to a wedding or entertainment; ask my friend to step into the house.

'ASK

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To request or petition, followed by for; as, ask for bread; or without for.
Ask and it shall be given you. Mat. 7.
2.
to inquire, or seek by request; sometimes followed by after.
Wherefore dost thou ask after my name? Gen. 32.
This verb can hardly be considered as strictly intransitive, for some person or object is always understood.
Ask is not equivalent to demand, claim, and require, at least, in modern usage; much less, is it equivalent to beg and beseech. The first three words, demand, claim, require, imply a right or supposed right in the person asking, to the thing requested; and beseech implies more urgency, than ask. Ask and request imply no right, but suppose the thing desired to be a favor. The French demander is correctly rendered by ask, rather than by deman.

Definition 2024


aşk

aşk

See also: ask, Ask, and ASK

Turkish

Noun

aşk (definite accusative aşkı, plural aşklar)

  1. love (romantic feelings)

Declension

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