transitive. To express a wish or desire for; to ask for, request. Also intransitive: to make a demand or claim. Obsolete.

intransitive. Without construction. To make a request.

absol. To ask.

transitive. To make inquiry of (a person) about (something); = ask, v. 1–5 (which see for constructions).

To make inquiry or request. Const. of (the thing inquired for). Obsolete.

intransitive. To swear on oath; to plead, to appeal. Obsolete.

to make request: to ask, beg. Usually with infinitive, for, or that-clause. Chiefly in formal contexts.

transitive. To depend on for success or survival; to stand in need of; to need. Cf. need, v.2 7.

intransitive. With prepositional to, and infinitive as complement: to make one's appeal, petition, or plea to someone to do or be something. Obsolete.

intransitive. Obsolete.

To make request or petition; to beg or entreat.

intransitive. To address or present a petition, to ask humbly; (now) spec. to express a concern or grievance by amassing public support for a formal…

intransitive. To present a petition or petitions; = petition, v. 2.

gen. To claim, request. intransitive. To make a request or stipulation. Obsolete.