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ask for it

æsk fər ɪt
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Christ outside the temple with a crowd around him. He raises his arms and asks God to show how great God's name is. A ray of light appears in the sky. In the upper left corner the Latin text "Et clarificavi & iterum clarificabo" (John 12:28: I have shown my greatness and I will show my greatness again). The third print in a five-part series with scenes from the passion story that serve to substantiate the message of Christ.
Christ outside the temple with a crowd around him. He raises his arms and asks God to show how great God's name is. A ray of light appears in the sky. In the upper left corner the Latin text "Et clarificavi & iterum clarificabo" (John 12:28: I have shown my greatness and I will show my greatness again). The third print in a five-part series with scenes from the passion story that serve to substantiate the message of Christ.
  1. (v) ask for it
    persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble "He is asking for trouble with his behavior"
Illustrations
Christ is tested by the devil, here depicted as half man, half animal. He asks him to turn stones into loaves. In the background the devil stands with Christ on a high temple and challenges him to jump out. On top of a high mountain, the devil offers him a kingdom when Christ worships him.
Christ is tested by the devil, here depicted as half man, half animal. He asks him to turn stones into loaves. In the background the devil stands with Christ on a high temple and challenges him to jump out. On top of a high mountain, the devil offers him a kingdom when Christ worships him.
The prodigal son asks his father for his inheritance. The father hands the son a bag of money. To the right of the building, men with horses are waiting to leave with the prodigal son. Right behind Christ with his disciples how he tells the parable.
The prodigal son asks his father for his inheritance. The father hands the son a bag of money. To the right of the building, men with horses are waiting to leave with the prodigal son. Right behind Christ with his disciples how he tells the parable.
When Cadmus reaches his destination with his cow, he asks his companions to fetch water from a nearby well. However, it is guarded by a dragon. This monster is attacking the men. In the print, the dragon is biting one of the men in his side. Two lines of Latin text below the image. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the third series.
When Cadmus reaches his destination with his cow, he asks his companions to fetch water from a nearby well. However, it is guarded by a dragon. This monster is attacking the men. In the print, the dragon is biting one of the men in his side. Two lines of Latin text below the image. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the third series.
Peter and John walk past a cripple who asks for alms at the temple door. In the name of Christ they heal the man who can then walk again. Peter reaches for his arm and helps him to get up.
Peter and John walk past a cripple who asks for alms at the temple door. In the name of Christ they heal the man who can then walk again. Peter reaches for his arm and helps him to get up.
A devil shows Christ a stone and asks him to turn the stone into bread as a sign of Christ's divinity (Matthew 4: 1-11). On a mountain top behind, the devil shows Christ all the kingdoms of the world to tempt him. The print has a Latin caption. The print is part of a series about the life of Christ.
A devil shows Christ a stone and asks him to turn the stone into bread as a sign of Christ's divinity (Matthew 4: 1-11). On a mountain top behind, the devil shows Christ all the kingdoms of the world to tempt him. The print has a Latin caption. The print is part of a series about the life of Christ.
Minerva stands at the cave where Nijd lives and asks her to make Aglauros jealous of her sister Herse. This is because the goddess is still angry with Aglauros: she took the initiative at the time to open the basket with Erichthonius, which Minerva had entrusted to the daughters of Cecrops on the condition that they would leave it closed. Two lines of Latin text below the image. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series.
Minerva stands at the cave where Nijd lives and asks her to make Aglauros jealous of her sister Herse. This is because the goddess is still angry with Aglauros: she took the initiative at the time to open the basket with Erichthonius, which Minerva had entrusted to the daughters of Cecrops on the condition that they would leave it closed. Two lines of Latin text below the image. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series.
David flees Jerusalem with his retinue. He asks the high priest to bring the Ark of the Covenant back to the city. The print has a Latin caption with explanation and a verse from psalm 107 in the right corner.
David flees Jerusalem with his retinue. He asks the high priest to bring the Ark of the Covenant back to the city. The print has a Latin caption with explanation and a verse from psalm 107 in the right corner.
The prophet Elijah addresses a woman with a child just outside a village; he asks her to make him food. In the background to the right you can see how Elijah brings the woman's son to life after she succumbed to an illness. Below the picture a line of text in Latin. This print is part of a series of four prints depicting the story of the prophet Elijah.
The prophet Elijah addresses a woman with a child just outside a village; he asks her to make him food. In the background to the right you can see how Elijah brings the woman's son to life after she succumbed to an illness. Below the picture a line of text in Latin. This print is part of a series of four prints depicting the story of the prophet Elijah.
Quotations
Edith Wharton
When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.
Edith Wharton
Arthur Schopenhauer
The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Ask for the old paths, where the way is good, and walk in it.
Bible
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Lord Chesterfield
Wear your learning like a watch and do not pull it out merely to show you have it. If you are asked for the time, tell it; but do not proclaim it hourly unasked.
Lord Chesterfield
So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Bible
Usage in the news

Sam specifically asked for a Vikings one so he could "beat the crap out of it". olx.com

While, Motherly love never asks for any repayment, isn't it great to see a smile on her face when she knows you're thinking of her. my1035.com

That being said I have to ask whether it is necessary for any of us to get a Riddell for House campaign flier in our mailbox almost every day of the week. thetimesnews.com

We didn't ask for the pollution, but it is taking over our community and all because a polluter was allowed to create an experiment in our community. eirtondailytimes.com

The Philippine-Canadian Centre's Lito Taruc: "It's hard to approach the community asking for money again". innipegfreepress.com

(KMTR) – It's not the kind of wake-up call one North Eugene family was asking for on Saturday morning when a drunk driver crashed into multiple cars in front of their home. kmtr.com

A field + country music + outdoors = exactly what you asked for, so we're making it happen. gna.com

So now it's asking for your help. ired.com

When Cory asked for a Flexlite with his exact dimensions "just like his magic board" Placeboman was too lazy to build another plug, so he took his favorite board and built an "exact" mold directly off of it. surfermag.com

The consultation asked for ideas on how to monitor health and welfare effects, and whether it would be "possible or desirable" to levy a charge on product placements to fund the research. prweek.com

It's what coffee connoisseurs ask for by name. amonline.com

People are going door-to-door asking for money to help the town, but police say it's a scam. hptv.com

I've asked for months via emails and calls about this issue since it often has been late. kcet.org

The Supreme Court is asking the public for its opinion on proposals intended to improve access of legal services for the financially needy. oxfordeagle.com

I agree with the July 13 Viewpoint asking for all of us to tone down the noise level when it comes to the Piilani Promenade . mauinews.com

Usage in scientific papers

Left-right symmetric models are halfway in between vector-like models and models with explicit parity breaking and its is natural to ask whether they do qualify for noncommutative geometry.
Left-Right Symmetric Models in Noncommutative Geometries?

Many classical algorithms are based on random walks, so it is natural to ask whether quantum random walks might be useful for quantum computation. A framework for using quantum random walks to solve decision problems was investigated in .
An example of the difference between quantum and classical random walks

This suggests to regard the time series {sk } of BTW wave sizes in a similar perspective: also in this case we deal with a long range correlated signal, and it is legitimate to ask whether turbulence-like mechanisms in this signal are responsible for some form of multiscaling.
Turbulent self-organized criticality

In our classical limit we can ask if this number makes sense for our system, that is if it is a conserved quantity.
Large N limit of SO(N) gauge theory of fermions and bosons

In view of the example of Fisher discussed shortly in Section 1. it is natural to ask similar question for higher-dimensional interfaces.
Localization-delocalization phenomena for random interfaces

Usage in literature

Christian people, do you ask for it? "Expositions of Holy Scripture" by Alexander Maclaren

And he asked the oak-tree if it would furnish wood for Wainamoinen's boat. "Finnish Legends for English Children" by R. Eivind

I asked for it, would you have granted it to me. "An Old Man's Love" by Anthony Trollope

I ask you again, are you the men to go in for it? "The Flag of Distress" by Mayne Reid

We exchanged guilty looks but were ashamed to ask for it. "The Escape of a Princess Pat" by George Pearson

Prothero had not yet asked himself his intentions or even wondered what he was there for, since, as it seemed, it was not to talk to Laura. "The Creators" by May Sinclair

She asked for none of it! "The Bill-Toppers" by Andre Castaigne

You have asked me for my advice, and I have given it you. "The Vicar of Bullhampton" by Anthony Trollope

Did he not ask you for it just now? "Studies in love and in terror" by Marie Belloc Lowndes

But is there to be no place left, it will be indignantly asked, for imagination and invention, for poetical power, or love of ideal beauty? "The Crown of Wild Olive" by John Ruskin

Usage in poetry
Oh, if you ask not for me,
But leave me here instead,
The petticoat in dye-pot here
Will never fast its red
"Achill Girl's Song" by Padraic Colum Author object (525)
Follow that voice to-night,
Ask not where nor how;
It once said, “Let there be light,”
Darkness waits for it now.
"What Hearest Thou?" by Menella Bute Smedley
MOSCON. Leaving our partitioned love
In a rather odd dilemma,
For "The Wonderful Magician"
Ask the pardon of its errors.
"The Wonder-Working Magician - Act III" by Denis Florence MacCarthy
For what?—to wait for what, you ask?
I cannot tell, indeed,
For what. I do not know for what.
It is the woman's creed!
"A Woman's Mood" by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Luckless boy! and all for hair
He never asked, you said?
'Not just--but then he gazed--I swear
He gazed it from my head!
"A Girl's Sin - In Her Eyes" by Francis Thompson Author object (215)
But I have read, and read it there
Where falsehood never spake,
That they who come in lowly guise
To ask for Jesus' sake;
"On Being Asked the Necessity of Prayer" by Caroline Fry Author object (89)