transitive. To express a wish or desire for; to ask for, request. Also intransitive: to make a demand or claim. Obsolete.

To ask pressingly, beg, entreat, pray. To ask, beg (a thing); to ask, beg, or pray for. Const. simply, or of, from a person, etc. Obsolete.

To ask for, demand, request (from a person); to inquire, try to learn by asking. Const. from, †at, †of, in Old English †to.

transitive. To say that one wants, request that one be given (something); to ask for (cf. sense 13). Also in extended use: to expect or require.

To beg earnestly for, entreat (a thing).

To call forth, call for (things). Obsolete.

transitive. To desire, long or yearn for; to express a desire for, request.

To ask earnestly, to beg for (a thing), esp. as a gift or favour. Const. of, from (†at) a person.

To express a wish for (an object); to ask for, request. with simple object: to d. a thing.

transitive. = impetrate, v. 2.

To ask (a person) earnestly for something, to beseech; to make devout supplication to (God, a god, or… transitive. To ask earnestly, beseech (God…

transitive. To ask or request; to urge, press.

transitive. To beg or entreat for (a favour, mercy, pity, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To ask (a person) for something. With of or (occasionally) for. Obsolete.

transitive. To ask for (a thing); to request (a person) to do something.

intransitive. To ask; to make a demand.

transitive. To ask, make a request to (a person). Obsolete. rare.

In expressions of desire for something to be done by another, thus conveying a request; hence, to… a thing or action (with various const. as in…

transitive. To present (a request) in supplication. rare.

transitive. To ask for (a thing) politely or formally; to ask to be favoured with or given (a thing).

transitive. To beg or pray for (aid, favour, pardon, etc.) with tearful or touching entreaties; to ask for in supplication; to beseech. †Formerly…

To beg or request; to ask for.

transitive. To make an earnest or humble request for (something); to ask earnestly or humbly for; to beseech, implore, beg for. Chiefly with clause…

To entreat, request, beseech, ask for. Now rare.

transitive. To beg earnestly or plead for; to beseech. With that-clause as object in Scottish use.

To request, petition, or sue for (some thing, favour, etc.); to desire or seek by petition.

To call for (a thing) with earnest entreaty; to make supplication for, to implore.

transitive. To beg for, ask for like a beggar; to obtain (as if) by begging. Also: to bring (a person) into a specified condition by begging. Cf…

transitive. To solicit, ask, or beg for; spec. to make a written petition in request of. Now usually with clause as object.

transitive. To pray for, invoke (something, usually from a deity). To pray for; to beg for, entreat (something good). rare.

To earnestly entreat or beseech (something).

To ask for (advice); to beg (leave).

transitive. To sue for or solicit (a thing). Obsolete.

transitive. To appeal to, dun (a person) for something; to obtain (something) by asking.

In the future tense, used to express a request: I will thank you to do so-and-so. Now usually ironic, implying a rebuke or command.

transitive. To request or demand (something). Obsolete. rare.

to hit (a person) up for: to ask (someone) for. U.S. and New Zealand slang.