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Definition of Ask in
1. Verb. Ask to enter. "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Call For, Quest, Request
Specialized synonyms: Call In
Related verbs: Ask Over, Ask Round, Invite
Derivative terms: Invitation
Definition of Ask in
1. Verb. To invite someone to enter one's house. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ask In
Literary usage of Ask in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"As this Is the simple signification of ask, it is the generic term ; the other
two are specific : we ask in buying and requesting, but not vice rend. ..."
2. Shirley: A Tale by Charlotte Brontë (1850)
"And inquire from what quarter they came; " Who, I ask in amaze, They are born
from the skies, And gives glory to God and the Lamb!" My full heart it replies ..."
3. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"And Christ saith, ' whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that I will do, ...
So here it is clear, that all the true christians must ask in Christ's name ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Let me ask, in view of that suffering, why you have delayed eight months to answer
a proposition which, by now accepting, you admit to be right, ..."
5. The Englishman's Greek Concordance of the New Testament: Being an Attempt at by George V. Wigram (1870)
"A. Mat.lit .. whatsoever ye »hall ask in prayer 27:20. that they should ajk ...
whatsoever thou teilt ask of God, 14:13. whatsoever ye shall ask in my 14. ..."
6. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1829)
"And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, 1 will do it. ..."
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