Available Definitions:
1) v. t. - To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
2) v. t. - 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?
3) v. t. - To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
4) v. t. - To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
5) v. t. - To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.
6) v. i. - To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
7) v. i. - To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.
8) n. - A water newt.