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(v)
(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).
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British English form of inquire. [(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).]
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
To request forcefully.
(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
(ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(figuratively) To request, demand.
(transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
(transitive) To ask, inquire.
(transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner
(transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).
(transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
(intransitive) To question a trial witness who has already been questioned by the other side.
(transitive) To question (someone) closely, to interrogate.
(n)
(archaic) A requirement.
To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
(transitive) To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
(transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
(transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
(transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
(adj)
Having been asked to attend.
(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
The act of one who solicits.
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
The act of making a claim.
(derogatory, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
(transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
(transitive) To possess, own.
(transitive) To trust to the care of.
Full of questioning and consideration.
To demand ownership of.
(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
(intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
(transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
(transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.
The act of applying; an application.
(transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
(transitive) To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).
(transitive) To ask earnestly or beg for (something, such as a benefit or favour).
(transitive) To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
Necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
(ambitransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
To beg or implore something of (a person).
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
(obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge.
(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
(transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
(transitive) To create.
(transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
(intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
Having been called.
(intransitive) To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
(transitive) To demand something, especially for a military need of staff, supplies, or transport.
(transitive) To set in some sort of order.
(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.
(transitive) To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
(transitive) To pronounce.
(transitive) To desire; to want.
(transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
Alternative spelling of supposed.
To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
To position or be positioned physically:
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
(intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
To manage, control, steer.
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
To want; to wish for earnestly.
(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.
(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).