- 3. Invite.
- 4. Request, solicit, petition, seek, beseech, implore, supplicate, crave, beg, desire, entreat, pray for,
prefer a petition for, make application for.
- 5. Require, claim, demand, exact, challenge, call for.
Ask, v. n.
- 1. Petition, beg, pray, sue, make suit.
- 2. Inquire, question, make inquiry.
Ask, n. Water-newt, asker.
Askance, Askant, ad. Obliquely, sideways, sidewise, askew, awry, aslant, asquint, on one side, out of the corner of one’s eye.
Asker, n.
- 1. Inquirer, petitioner, solicitor, solicitant, suitor.
- 2. Water-newt, ask.
Askew, ad. Awry, obliquely, atwist, askile, aside, askance, askant, aslant, asquint, to one side.
Aslant, ad. Obliquely, askance, aslope. See askew.
Aslant, a. Oblique, inclined, slanting, sloping.
Asleep, a.
- 1. Sleeping, fast asleep, slumbering, in slumber, in repose, in a sound sleep, in the arms of Morpheus.
- 2. Dead, in the last sleep, at rest with God.
Aslope, ad. and a. Sloping, slopingly. See aslant.
Aspect, n.
- 1. Air, mien, look, bearing, countenance, expression, visage, feature.
- 2. Appearance, view, light, condition, situation, position, state, attitude, posture.
- 3. Direction, bearing, outlook, prospect, relative position.