Definition of Ask for

1. Verb. Increase the likelihood of. "Invite criticism"

Exact synonyms: Invite
Generic synonyms: Arouse, Elicit, Enkindle, Evoke, Fire, Kindle, Provoke, Raise
Derivative terms: Invitation

Definition of Ask for

1. Verb. to request ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To increase the likelihood of something by persisting in some action; to invite. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ask For

asinicos
asinine
asininely
asinineness
asininities
asininity
asiphonate
asiphonates
asiphonida
asisite
asitia
ask
ask-upmark kidney
ask after
ask around
ask for
ask for it
ask for the moon
ask for trouble
ask in
ask me one on sport
ask my arse
ask out
ask over
ask round
ask the question
askability
askable
askance
askanced

Literary usage of Ask for

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1866)
"I do not find it on the more modern Savoy coins, for they have I think the order of the Annunciation round the arms. ALso, from the same book, I ask for a ..."

2. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"Grandcourt did not answer, and Lush went on. "It really is a fine opportunity. The father and mother ask for nothing better, I can see, and the daughter's ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"This gave the defendant the benefit of all he could legitimately ask for in the instruction which he requested, and gave it in a form which better comported ..."

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