Available Definitions:
1) n. - The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
2) n. - The publishing of banns.
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.