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A`si*at"i*cism (&?;), n. Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.

A*side" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + side.] 1. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.

Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4.

But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak.

The flames were blown aside. Dryden.

2. Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts. "Lay aside every weight." Heb. xii. 1.

3. So as to be heard by others; privately.

Then lords and ladies spake aside. Sir W. Scott.

To set aside (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment.

A*side", n. Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.

||A*si"lus (&?;), n. [L., a gadfly.] (Zoöl.) A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.

{ As`i*ne"go, As`si*ne"go } (&?;), n. [Sp. asnico, dim. of asno an ass.] A stupid fellow. [Obs.] Shak.

As"i*nine (&?;), a. [L. asininus, fr. asinus ass. See Ass.] Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy. "Asinine nature." B. Jonson. "Asinine feast." Milton.

As`i*nin"i*ty (&?;), n. The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.

A*si"phon*ate (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells. -- n. An asiphonate mollusk.

{ ||As`i*pho"ne*a (&?;), ||A*si`pho*na"ta (&?;), ||As`i*phon"i*da (&?;), } n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &?; a tube.] (Zoöl.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.

||A*si"ti*a (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; food.] (Med.) Want of appetite; loathing of food.

Ask (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asked (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Asking.] [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. scian, csian; akin to OS. scn, OHG. eiscn, Sw. ska, 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. Shak.

4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.