solicit

Verbs

  • (v) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
    • Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
    • My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
    beg, tap,
  • (v) make amorous advances towards
    • John is courting Mary
    court, romance, woo,
  • (v) approach with an offer of sexual favors
    • he was solicited by a prostitute
    • The young man was caught soliciting in the park
    accost, hook,
  • (v) incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
    • He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents
  • (v) make a solicitation or petition for something desired
    • She is too shy to solicit

Synonyms

beg tap court romance woo accost hook

Words of close approximity

solicitation solicitor solicitor general solicitorship solicitous solicitously solicitousness solicitude