outask

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To ask or proclaim for the last time.
  2. To announce or publish the banns of marriage of (a couple) in church for the third time.

Word forms

outask outasks outasking outasked

Etymology

From out- + ask. Cognate with Old Frisian utaskia (“to outask”), Danish udæske (“to challenge”).

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