SOLICIT
\səlˈɪsɪt], \səlˈɪsɪt], \s_ə_l_ˈɪ_s_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of SOLICIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
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incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"
By Princeton University
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approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
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make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solcited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
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incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.
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To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
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To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.
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To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
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To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.
By Oddity Software
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To ask for with earnestness; as, to solicit a favor; entreat; invite or summon; endeavor to obtain; as, to solicit trade.
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To seek orders, support, votes, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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