solicit

(sə-lĭs'ĭt)

v., -it·ed, -it·ing, -its.

v.tr.

1. To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application: a candidate who solicited votes among the factory workers.
2. To petition persistently; importune: solicited the neighbors for donations.
3. To entice or incite to evil or illegal action.
4. To approach or accost (a person) with an offer of sexual services.

v.intr.

1. To make solicitation or petition for something desired.
2. To approach or accost someone with an offer of sexual services in return for payment.

[Middle English soliciten, to disturb, from Old French solliciter, from Latin sollicitāre, from sollicitus, troubled. See solicitous.]

solicitation so·lic'i·ta'tion n.

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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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