The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ask \Ask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Asking.] [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. [=a]scian,
   [=a]csian; akin to OS. [=e]sc[=o]n, OHG. eisc[=o]n, Sw.
   [=a]ska, Dan. [ae]ske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith.
   j["e]sk['o]ti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire.
   [root]5.]
   1. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to
      solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before
      the person addressed.
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            Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God.    --Judg. xviii.
                                                  5.
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            If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye
            shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
            you.                                  --John xv. 7.
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   2. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of
      remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as,
      what price do you ask?
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            Ask me never so much dowry.           --Gen. xxxiv.
                                                  12.
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            To whom men have committed much, of him they will
            ask the more.                         --Luke xii.
                                                  48.
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            An exigence of state asks a much longer time to
            conduct a design to maturity.         --Addison.
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   3. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a
      question to or about; to question.
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            He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
                                                  --John ix. 21.
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            He asked the way to Chester.          --Shak.
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   4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
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   5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the
      banns and the persons. --Fuller.
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   Syn: To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat;
        beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim;
        exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See Beg.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ask \Ask\, v. i.
   1. To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to
      ask for bread.
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            Ask, and it shall be given you.       --Matt. vii.
                                                  7.
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   2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed
      by after.
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            Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name? --Gen.
                                                  xxxii. 29.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ask \Ask\, n. [See 2d Asker.] (Zool.)
   A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
   [1913 Webster] Askance

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ask
    v 1: inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had
         to ask directions several times" [syn: ask, inquire,
         enquire]
    2: make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She
       asked him for a loan"
    3: direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"
    4: consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our
       secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these
       children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their
       lessons" [syn: ask, require, expect]
    5: address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your
       teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about
       their dead grandmother"
    6: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do
       what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This
       job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands
       a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a
       spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a
       patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate,
       need, require, take, involve, call for, demand]
       [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of]
    7: require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking
       $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million
       dollars in return for the release of their hostage"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

96 Moby Thesaurus words for "ask":
   apply for, argue, ask a question, ask about, ask for,
   ask questions, assess, be hurting for, be indicated, beg,
   beg leave, beseech, bespeak, bid, bid come, blackmail,
   bring into question, call, call for, call in, canvass, catechize,
   challenge, charge, charge for, claim, clamor for, crave, cry for,
   cry out for, debate, deliberate, demand, desire, discuss, entreat,
   exact, examine, extort, file for, have occasion for, implore,
   importune, impose, indent, inquire, inquire of, interpellate,
   interrogate, invite, issue an invitation, issue an ultimatum, levy,
   make a demand, make a request, make a requisition,
   make application, make dutiable, make inquiry, necessitate, need,
   order, order up, place an order, prerequire, pro rata,
   propose a question, propound a question, prorate, put in for,
   put in requisition, put queries, query, question, quiz, request,
   require, require an answer, requisition, review, screw, seek,
   solicit, stick for, summon, take, take doing, talk over, tax,
   tithe, want, want doing, want to know, warn, whistle for, wish



V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

ASK
       Akademische Software Kooperation (org., Karlsruhe, Germany)


V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

ASK
       Amplitude Shift Keying


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

ASK

   Amplitude Shift Keying