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ask

from Proto-Germanic *aiskojanan
from Old English ascian "ask, call for an answer, make a request"
Middle English asken
earlier ahsian

Compare with ascian (noun)
See also ascung

ask verb
  • to say or otherwise communicate (something) in order to obtain an answer or information

ascian verb
  • Variant of ask: To say or otherwise communicate (something) in order to obtain an answer or information. transitive. With indirect or, less commonly, direct question

"Be that as it may, I ask you: What is curiosity? What is inquisitiveness? Both pertain to the asking of questions — but — what does it mean to ask? What does it mean to have an inquiry or a curiosity?"

"Originals"
(Speed Well Dialogues)
by Sabina Nore



The modern dialectical ax is as old as the Old English ascian and used to be an accepted literary variant until circa 1600.

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Legend

~☉~lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜classic definition
☣artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense
Originals - Speed Well Dialogues

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