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t. [EXCUSE.] Excuse, acquit. ask-ing, * ask'-ỹng, pr. par., adj., & &. [ASK, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & adj .: In senses cor responding to those of the verb. "With many an asking smile, and wondering stare, They whisper round, and gaze upon Gulnare. Byron: The Corsair , iii. 16. solicitation. "Here, too, lands may be had for the asking." Long fellow: Evangeline, 11. 3. ask-ing-lý, adv . [Eng. asking; -ly .] In an inquiring manner; interrogatively.