To search for; seek.To ask for as a favor; request.To ask or claim, as of right and by authority; demand; insist on having; exact.To ask or order to do something; call on.To have need or necessity for; render necessary or indispensable; demand; need; want.=Syn. 2–4. Request, Beg, etc. (see ask), enjoin (upon), prescribe, direct, command.