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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
ask .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They replied, “O our lord, this thou askest is easy.”
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Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
FROM THE CROSS TO PENTECOST T. D. JAKES 2010
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Then he turned to the King and said in his ear, “O King of the age, thy friend Judar seeketh alliance with thee and will have me ask of thee for him the hand of thy daughter, the Princess Asiyah; so disappoint me not. but accept my intercession, and what dowry soever thou askest he will give thee.”
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And when they had eaten and drunken and washed their hands, Shamhur stood up (while all present also stood to do him honour) and, approaching Hasib said to him, “We are all thy servants and will give thee whatsoever thou askest, even were it one half the kingdom, so thou wilt but cure the King.”
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I will give thee the price thou askest for her and more; and if not, thou art fitter to have her than I.
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And he will bring thee whatsoever thou askest, though thou shouldst call for a thousand different dishes a day.
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Quoth the Wazir, “Have no care; whatsoever thou askest he will give thee.”
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Thou askest me of two excellent men, each having his own excellence.
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Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
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Ibn Mansur, yet another thing hath been revealed to me; 339 and it is that, when thou handedst him the letter, he tore it in pieces. and throwing it on the floor, said to thee: ‘O Ibn Mansur, I will grant thee whatever thou askest save thy desire which concerneth the writer of this letter; for I have no answer to her missive.’
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