solicit

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verb

1. To endeavor to obtain (something) by expressing one's needs or desires: ask (for), request, seek. See request.
2. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides: badger, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, harass, harry, hound, importune, pester, plague. See attack/defend.

v

Definition: plead for; try to sell
Antonyms: disapprove, refuse, reject

IN BRIEF: To approach with a request. Also: To beg.

I will solicit the help of my neighbor in cleaning up the mess from the flood.

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A personal approach by a veterinarian to a person who is not a client and soliciting for any veterinary work that the person may have is unprofessional, unethical and, in most countries, illegal under the law governing veterinary practice.

For a list of words related to solicit, see:

• Pornography and Prostitution - solicit: (vb) offer sexual services for hire

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - anmode om, bede om, kalde på, kræve, udbede sig
v. intr. - opfordre til utugt, tage sig af en sag

Nederlands (Dutch)
werven, verzoeken, bedelen, tippelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - solliciter, rechercher, (Jur) racoler (un client)
v. intr. - (Jur) racoler, solliciter, (Comm) rechercher

Deutsch (German)
v. - bitten, anwerben, sich anbieten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επιζητώ (φορτικά), διπλαρώνω, πλησιάζω με ανήθικους σκοπούς, (για πόρνη) ψαρεύω πελατεία

Italiano (Italian)
vendita a domicilio (amer.), sollecitare, pregare, battere il marciapiede

Português (Portuguese)
v. - solicitar, rogar

Русский (Russian)
настойчиво просить, ходатайствовать, выпрашивать, домогаться, подстрекать, вести дело, практиковать в качестве адвоката

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - rogar, pedir, solicitar, abordar (prostituta), requerir, incitar, inducir
v. intr. - rogar, pedir, solicitar, abordar (prostituta), requerir, incitar, inducir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - enträget be, försöka värva ngn, anropa, förleda, åta sig (jur.), verka som juridisk rådgivare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
请求, 乞求, 恳求, 征求

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 請求, 乞求, 懇求, 徵求
v. intr. - 請求, 乞求, 懇求, 徵求

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에게 애원하다, (무엇을) 구하다, (나쁜 목적으로) 유인하다
v. intr. - 간청하다, (매춘부가) 손님을 유인하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 請い求める, 勧誘する, 悪事に誘う, 客を取る, 懇願する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحث, يغري, يتوسل ألى, يقتضي, يستجدي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ביקש, הזמין‬
v. intr. - ‮חיזר אחרי, הפציר, הציעה גופה, שידל‬

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