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Definition of Ask round
1. Verb. Invite someone to one's house. "They ask round him to write the letter"; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Call For, Quest, Request
Related verbs: Ask In, Invite
Derivative terms: Invitation, Invitatory, Invite, Invitee
Definition of Ask round
1. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive) To enquire about something to different people. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) To invite someone to your house. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ask Round
Literary usage of Ask round
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"ASK round the world, from age to age, Not where alone th' historian's page Or
poet's song have just attention won : But even the feeblest voice of fame Has ..."
2. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"... to carry (a coach) round about, to turn a carriage; —fragen, to ask round, to
ask one after the other; —führen, to lead or take about; —geben, ..."
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