Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ask (-ed, -eth, -ing, -s), v. [OE ascian.] (webplay: age, answer, ask and it shall be given you, ask guests to a wedding, beg, bread, claim, demand, favor, friend, God, house, inquire, more, name, obtain, pray, press, price, request, require, seek, silently, step, words).

1. Pray; beseech God; implore Deity.
2. Interrogate; question; inquire of.
3. Invite.
4. Inquire; request knowledge of; seek to know.
5. Request; desire; hope; call for (see Matthew 7:7).
6. Seek permission.
7. Search; inquire about the presence or location of.
8. Require; demand.
9. Phrase. “Ask for”: request; demand; require.