• 1. to put a question (to); request an answer (from)
• 2. to inquire about
• 3. to direct or put (a question)
• 4. to make a request or demand
• 5. to demand or expect (esp in the phrases ask a lot of, ask too much of )
• 6. to need; require
• 7. to proclaim (marriage banns)
• 8. See also ask after ask for
• 9. Old English a scian; related to Old Frisian a skia, Old Saxon e scon, Old High German eisc o n

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• the first man, created by the gods from an ash tree

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