·noun A water newt.
II. Ask ·vi To make inquiry, or seek by request;
— sometimes followed by after.
III. Ask ·vi To request or petition;
— usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
IV. Ask ·vt To publish in church for marriage;
— said of both the banns and the persons.
V. Ask ·vt To Invite; as, to ask one to an Entertainment.
VI. Ask ·vt To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to Question.
VII. Ask ·vt 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?.
VIII. Ask ·vt To Request; to seek to obtain by words; to Petition; to Solicit;
— often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.