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What does "ask" mean?

Ask: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.2. 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.
  2. 3.To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Luke xii.
  3. 4.An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity. Addison.
  4. 5.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.
  5. 6.He asked the way to Chester. Shak.
  6. 7.To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
  7. 8.To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons. Fuller. See Beg.
  8. 9.To request or petition; -- usually folllowed by for; as, to ask for bread. Ask, and it shall be given you. Matt. vii.
  9. 10.2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after. Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name Gen. xxxii.
  10. 11.A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]

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