Infinitive
asken; to asken; aske
Participles
| Present | askende; askynge |
| Past | asked |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | aske |
| 2nd sing. | askest |
| 3rd sing. | asketh |
| 1st plur. | asken; aske; asketh |
| 2nd plur. | asken; aske; asketh |
| 3rd plur. | asken; aske; asketh |
Past
| 1st sing. | asked; askede |
| 2nd sing. | askedest |
| 3rd sing. | asked; askede |
| 1st plur. | askeden; asked; askede |
| 2nd plur. | askeden; asked; askede |
| 3rd plur. | askeden; asked; askede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | aske |
| 2nd sing. | aske |
| 3rd sing. | aske |
Past
| 1st sing. | asked; askede |
| 2nd sing. | asked; askede |
| 3rd sing. | asked; askede |
Imperative
| Singular | aske |
| Plural | asketh; aske |
Verbs conjugated like asken
favouren,
sorwen,
chaungen,
reformen,
bisemen,
scurnen,
schonen,
sourden,
souplen,
distroublen,
waymenten,
droppen,
thrallen,
disavauncen,
discresen,
comunen,
enthrallen,
disapoynten,
mantellen,
dawen, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English āscian, ācsian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn.
Verbs referencing "asken"
English
ask.
Sample Sentences
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but if þei wolen ony þing lerne .· at hoom axe þei her hoſebondis / foꝛ it is foule þing to a womman .· to ſpeke in chirche (But if they want to learn anything, they should ask their husbands at home, because it's a revolting thing for a woman to speak in church.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Coꝛinthis ·i· 14:35, folio 66, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
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Axe ȝe .· ⁊ it ſchal be ȝouun to ȝou / ſeke ȝe .· ⁊ ȝe ſchulen fynde / knocke ȝe .· ⁊ it ſchal be opened to ȝou / foꝛ ech that axiþ .· takiþ / and he that ſekiþ .· fyndiþ / and it ſchal be openyde to hym .· that knockiþ (Ask and ye shall receive; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened for you / for every one that asks, takes / and he that seeks, finds / and it shall be opened to him that knocks) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 7:7-8, folio 3, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
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It ıs nauȝt al gode to þe goſte· þat þe gutte axeþ / Ne lıflode to þı lıkam· foꝛ a lyer hım techeth (It isn't at all good for the spirit that the gut demands, / or sustenance for your body, since a liar teaches it.) [c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “Paſſus pͥm᷒ de vıſıone”, in Lıber de petro plowman (L, B-text), London, published c. 1395, folio 4, recto; republished as Hoyt N. Duggan, Ralph Hanna, editors, Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 581 (The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive; 6), SEENET, 2014, →ISBN:]
Cognates
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