Asken

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    plural simple present of ask form-of, obsolete, plural, present

    "And Merlin seide, "Of that ye me asken, I shall not speke withoute Ulfyn.""

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necessitateappeal toapplyapply forargueascertain

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"And Merlin seide, "Of that ye me asken, I shall not speke withoute Ulfyn.""

Etymology

From Middle English asken, axen, equivalent to ask + -en.

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