solicit
Verbs
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(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
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(v) make amorous advances towards
- John is courting Mary
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(v) 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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(v) incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
- He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents
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(v) make a solicitation or petition for something desired
- She is too shy to solicit