To ask pressingly, beg, entreat, pray. intransitive. To beg, entreat, pray; to offer prayer. Const. simply, for a person or thing, subordinate clause…

intransitive. With †after, for. To say that one wants, request that one be given. Cf. sense 4c.

To apply, have recourse to or unto (a person, for something); to pay court, make request or petition to. Often in indirect passive. Obsolete exc. ar…

intransitive. Const. for, after.

intransitive. To appeal, plead, or beg for a favour, concession, etc.; to ask earnestly or beg for something. Now somewhat rare.

To make request (for a thing); to ask to see a person. Const. for (after, obsolete or archaic).

transferred. To ask as a favour or act of grace; hence to ask humbly, earnestly, supplicatingly; to… To beg for a thing.

intransitive. To pray for, that.

To press solicitously, make a strong claim, for something.

To make solicitation or entreaty; to sue for; to ‘invite’, ‘call’. Also const. clause.

intransitive. To raise an outcry for; to seek, demand, or call importunately for, or to do a thing.

intransitive. To have recourse to (something); to summon up or draw upon (a mental or physical resource); to utilize; (also) to ask for. Cf. to call u…

intransitive. To look out busily for customers; to solicit custom, employment, etc. importunately; also, U.S., Australian, etc., to canvass for votes.

To intimate or suggest a desire for something; to ask for, either by hints or direct request.