v. t.
Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God. Judg. xviii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ask me never so much dowry. Gen. xxxiv. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Luke xii. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]
An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. John ix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
He asked the way to Chester. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See 2d Asker. ] (Zool.) A water newt. [ Scot. & North of Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Ask, and it shall be given you. Matt. vii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name? Gen. xxxii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To turn aside. [ Poet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
O, how are they wrapped in with infamies
That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]
My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. [ A corruption of AS. a&unr_;exe lizard, newt. ] (Zool.) An ask; a water newt. [ Local Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + skew. ] Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.