ASKINGS
Noun
askings
plural of asking
Anagrams
• Gaskins, gaskins
Source: Wiktionary
ASKING
Ask"ing, n.
1. The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
Longfellow.
2. The publishing of banns.
ASK
Ask, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asked; p. pr. & vb. n. Asking.] Etym: [OE.
asken, ashen, axien, AS. ascian, acsian; akin to OS. escon, OHG.
eiscon, Sw. aska, 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.
5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and
the persons. Fuller.
Syn.
– To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat; beseech;
implore; crave; require; demand; claim; exhibit; inquire;
interrogate. See Beg.
Ask, v. i.
1. To request or petition; -- usually folllowed by for; as, to ask
for bread.
Ask, and it shall be given you. Matt. vii. 7.
2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by
after.
Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name Gen. xxxii. 29.
Ask, n. Etym: [See 2d Asker.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition