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v. Present participle of ask.

n. The act or process of posing a question or making a request.

n. A request, or petition.

n. The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.

n. The publishing of banns.

n. The making of a request; a petition: as, it may be had for the asking.

n. Proclamation or publication in church of banns of marriage. See to ask in church, under ask.

n. the verbal act of requesting

"And my reason _for_ asking, was simply that, on Monday Mr. Moor here was _asking me_ about what a Lugger's expenses were, and I felt it silly not to be able to tell him the least about it: and I have felt so when some one asked me before: and that is why I asked you."

speech act   

request   

entreaty    prayer    call    wish    trick or treat    inquiring    indirect request    billing    charge    order   

petition    solicitation   

ask   

basking    masking    tasking