solicit
Other forms: solicited; soliciting; solicits
Solicit means to ask for. It is what those people on the street are doing, when they ask, "Do you have a moment to talk about the destruction of the planet?" They are soliciting donations for their cause.
Solicit has an official sounding impressiveness to it––doesn't soliciting donations sound better than begging for money? It can also have a more sinister cast. "When the teacher left the room, two girls solicited their friends to throw all the textbooks out the windows, injuring members of the cheer squad below — where they were soliciting signatures for a petition banning smoking in the football locker rooms."
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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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quest
seek alms, as for religious purposes
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canvas, canvass
solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
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buttonhole, lobby
detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
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circularise, circularize
canvass by using a questionnaire
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make a solicitation or petition for something desired“She is too shy to solicit”
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ask
make a request or demand for something to somebody
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ask
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incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
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make amorous advances towards
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approach with an offer of sexual favors
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Vocabulary lists containing solicit
This nonfiction book chronicles the life Fannie Sellins, a garment worker and labor organizer who was tragically murdered on August 26, 1919.
In 29 essays, physician, etymologist, poet, educator, and researcher Lewis Thomas covers a range of topics to illustrate his theme that all living things, including the Earth itself, are interconnected and interdependent.
In the city of Baltese, a magician conjures an elephant out thin air and forever changes the lives of many people, including orphans Peter and Adele.
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