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Asking   /ˈæskɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Ask  v. t.  (past & past part. asked; pres. part. asking)  
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." "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."
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." "To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." "An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity."
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." "He asked the way to Chester."
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.
Synonyms: To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat; beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim; exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See Beg.


Ask  v. i.  
1.
To request or petition; usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread. "Ask, and it shall be given you."
2.
To make inquiry, or seek by request; sometimes followed by after. "Wherefore... dost ask after my name?"


noun
Asking  n.  
1.
The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
2.
The publishing of banns.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Asking" Quotes from Famous Books



... "You are asking terribly big questions," Aunt Mary said, with a smile. "It would take a long time to explain how men learnt to know the age of the world, and I am afraid I am hardly equal to the task. It is only about seventy years since geologists began to suspect that our earth was ...
— The Happy Adventurers • Lydia Miller Middleton
... going to take the liberty of asking Dr. Morris one more question, which, perhaps, is of interest to others. In your experience with the golden-leafed chinquapins, from how far South have you secured stock, and how far North will the ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting • Various
... evidently thought, judging from her manner. However she answered frankly enough, and, even defiantly, added the information that the gentleman had something to impart to her of the utmost importance, sarcastically asking me if I didn't wish I could be there and overhear. But sit down, Hope, until I tell ...
— Keith of the Border • Randall Parrish
... a scornful, hateful laugh, which brought the color up to Lydia's pale face like a blow. "I gather, then, Lydia, that what you're asking me to do is to neglect my business in order to read socialist ...
— The Squirrel-Cage • Dorothy Canfield
... yellow slicker was behind her on the ground and tied into a bundle, from which emerged a dull roaring. I was wondering how Tish expected to open it, when she settled the question by asking me to cut a piece from the mosquito netting which we put in the doorway of the tent at night, and to bring ...
— Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions • Mary Roberts Rinehart


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