Part 683

<blockquote>If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall <b>ask</b> what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. <i>John xv. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you <i>ask</i>?</def>

<blockquote><b>Ask</b> me never so much dowry. <i>Gen. xxxiv. 12.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To whom men have committed much, of him they will <b>ask</b> the more. <i>Luke xii. 48.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>An exigence of state <b>asks</b> a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.</def>

<blockquote>He is of age; <b>ask</b> him: he shall speak for himself. <i>John ix. 21.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He <b>asked</b> the way to Chester. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To invite; <as>as, to <ex>ask</ex> one to an entertainment</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat; beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim; exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See <er>Beg</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Ask</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To request or petition; -- usually folllowed by <i>for</i>; <as>as, to <ex>ask for</ex> bread</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Ask</b>, and it shall be given you. <i>Matt. vii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by <i>after</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Wherefore . . . dost <b>ask</b> after my name? <i>Gen. xxxii. 29.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ask</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 2d <er>Asker</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A water newt.</def> <mark>[Scot. & North of Eng.]</mark>

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<hw><hw>A*skance"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*skant"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>schuin</ets>, <ets>schuins</ets>, sideways, <ets>schuiven</ets> to shove, <ets>schuinte</ets> slope. Cf. <er>Asquint</er>.]</ety> <def>Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.</def>

<blockquote>They dart away; they wheel <b>askance</b>. <i>Beattie.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My palfrey eyed them <b>askance</b>. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Both . . . were viewed <b>askance</b> by authority. <i>Gladstone.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>A*skance"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To turn aside.</def> <mark>[Poet.]</mark>

<blockquote>O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds <b>askance</b> their eyes! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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