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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ask .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ghost, as it is written (Rom. 8: 26), "asketh" God "for us with unspeakable groanings."
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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On the word _speareth_ the commentator treats his reader to a note; in which he informs him that _speareth_ means "asketh," and in proof of this cites one passage from Chaucer, and two from Douglas's _Virgil_.
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Peter himself rephrased this priority in his first letter: "Be ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you."
Papal Letter about the Lifting of the SSPX Excommunications - the Letter Itself 2009
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Charity “It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may suffer.”
New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009
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In the Bible, Peter instructs to "be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you."
Katie Hawkes: Why There Are Mormons On Your Billboards Katie Hawkes 2011
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Nor can it be in any way doubted that He will listen to such prayer, since we read the words written by His own inspiration: "The Spirit Himself asketh for us with unspeakable groanings" Rom. viii., 26.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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So Ahmad said to Hasan Shuuman, “Be mindful and, when the Caliph asketh for me, say, ‘He is gone touring about the provinces’.”
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If ye find it with any one, pay him what price soever he asketh for it although he demand a thousand dinars; give him what ye may and promise him the rest and bring me the story; for whoso happeneth on it and bringeth it to me, I will bestow on him a costly robe of honour and largesse galore, and there shall be to me none more worshipped than he.
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Whereupon Khalifah jumped up, as if naught ailed him, and the Jew said to him, “Tell me what price thou asketh for this fish and I will give it thee: for thou hast gotten but scant good of us this day.”
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The same blog also noted that the Ohio Department of Agriculture has been chastised by the courts in several previous instances for its aggression, including trying to entrap an Amish man in a raw milk “sale,” which backfired when it became known that the Amish believe in a literal interpretation of “give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away” Matthew 5:42
Why we have to fight for our freedom to choose our food suppliers GreenFertility 2008
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