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Definition ask

Etymology 1

From Middle English asken (also esken, aschen, eschen, etc.), from Old English ?scian, from Proto-Germanic *aisk?n? (�to ask, ask for�), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eys- (�to wish; request�).

Verb

ask (third-person singular simple present asks, present participle asking, simple past and past participle asked)

1. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
2. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
3. To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
4. To request or petition; usually with for.
5. To request permission to do something.
6. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
7. To invite.
8. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
9. (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.

Noun

ask (plural asks)

1. An act or instance of asking.
2. Something asked or asked for; a request.
3. An asking price.

Etymology 2

From Middle English aske, arske, from Old English ?�exe (�lizard, newt�), from Proto-Germanic *agi�ahsij? (�lizard�), a compound of *agiz (�snake, lizard�) + *�ahsuz (�badger�).

Noun

ask (plural asks)

1. (Britain dialectal and Scotland) An eft; newt.
2. (Britain dialectal) A lizard.

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