Solicit

Verb

 * 1) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
 * 2) To woo; to court.
 * 3) To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
 * 4) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.
 * 5) To make a petition.
 * 6)  To disturb or trouble; to harass.

Synonyms

 * request
 * plead
 * appeal
 * supplicate

Related terms

 * solicitation
 * solicitor
 * solicitous
 * solicitude
 * unsolicited

Adverbs for Solicit
impudently;  courteously;   importunately; pertinaciously; timorously; underhandedly; earnestly; pressingly; urgently; insinuatingly.

Thesaurus
accost, address, angle for, appeal to, apply, approach, ask, ask for, beg, beseech, bespeak, bid for, call, call on, call upon, canvass, challenge, claim, court, crave, demand, desire, drum, entice, entreat, exact, fish for, go, hustle, implore, importune, look for, lure, make a pass, make advances, make an overture, overture, pander to, petition, pop the question, postulate, pray, proposition, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seek, sue, sue for, supplicate, throw a pass, turn, woo

Etymology
From solliciter:, from  sollicitare:, present active participle of sollicito:, from sollicitus:, from sollus: + perfect passive participle of cieo:.

Translations

 * Russian: добиваться


 * Spanish:


 * Russian:


 * Russian: домогаться


 * Spanish:


 * Russian: приставить, навязываться


 * Russian: ходатайствовать, с петиция


 * Spanish:


 * Russian:

Anagrams

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