verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To ask or proclaim for the last time. transitive
2. 2
   To announce or publish the banns of marriage of (a couple) in church for the third time. transitive

Etymology

From out- + ask. Cognate with Old Frisian utaskia (“to outask”), Danish udæske (“to challenge”).

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