单词 | out-ask |
释义 | † out-askv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To ask in excess of. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > ask in excess of another out-ask1642 1642 T. Goodwin Christ set Forth v. v. 161 He can never out-aske the merit of this his service. 2. transitive. regional. To ask the banns of marriage of (a couple, or a person) in church for the last time. Cf. to ask (also †bid, publish, put up) the banns at banns n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > official announcements, permission, or records > official announcements [verb (transitive)] > proclaim (banns) > proclaim (people or their names) > for the last time out-ask1719 outpublish1719 1719 in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 223 The usual way is for them to publish the Banes and give the person out-asked a certificat of it to the minister. 1768 Ann. Reg. 1767 63/2 About seven months ago the parties were out-asked (as it is called) at the above church. a1845 R. H. Barham Blasphemer's Warning in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 227 The parties had even been ‘out-ask'd’ in Church. 1889 Played On 17 The couple whose banns were ‘out-asked’, as they call it, this morning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.1642 |
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