ask

v

1. inquire, question, query; quiz, catechize, probe, examine, test; interrogate, Inf. grill, pump, cross-examine, U.S. give the third degree.

2. request, appeal, petition, Rare. sue; interpellate, call on or upon, address, apply to, turn to; solicit, beg, plead, supplicate; beseech, pray to, entreat, impetrate, implore, adjure, obtest; cry for, clamor for.

3. demand, expect, count on, require, call for; urge, importune, dun, press; order, command, impose, requisition, Brit. Mil. indent.

4. invite, bid, summon, beckon, request one's presence.

5. ask for

provoke, incite, inspire, encourage, instigate, induce; actuate, occasion, bring on or about, bring to pass.