Chapter Articulated to Assent of A by Soule's Synonymes

3. Invite.

4. Request, solicit, petition, seek, beseech, implore, supplicate, crave, beg, desire, entreat, pray for, prefer a petition for, make application for.

5. Require, claim, demand, exact, challenge, call for.

Ask, v. n.

1. Petition, beg, pray, sue, make suit.

2. Inquire, question, make inquiry.

Ask, n. Water-newt, asker.

Askance, Askant, ad. Obliquely, sideways, sidewise, askew, awry, aslant, asquint, on one side, out of the corner of one’s eye.

Asker, n.

1. Inquirer, petitioner, solicitor, solicitant, suitor.

2. Water-newt, ask.

Askew, ad. Awry, obliquely, atwist, askile, aside, askance, askant, aslant, asquint, to one side.

Aslant, ad. Obliquely, askance, aslope. See askew.

Aslant, a. Oblique, inclined, slanting, sloping.

Asleep, a.

1. Sleeping, fast asleep, slumbering, in slumber, in repose, in a sound sleep, in the arms of Morpheus.

2. Dead, in the last sleep, at rest with God.

Aslope, ad. and a. Sloping, slopingly. See aslant.

Aspect, n.

1. Air, mien, look, bearing, countenance, expression, visage, feature.

2. Appearance, view, light, condition, situation, position, state, attitude, posture.

3. Direction, bearing, outlook, prospect, relative position.