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solicit

 
Verb solicit has 5 senses
  1. solicit, beg, tap - 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"
    --1 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
    Derived forms: noun solicitation1, noun solicitor1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something from somebody
  2. woo, court, romance, solicit - make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
    --2 is one way to act, move
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot solicit Sue
  3. hook, solicit, accost - approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
    --3 is one way to offer
    Derived form: noun solicitation3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. solicit - incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"
    --4 is one way to
    induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  5. solicit - make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit"
    --5 is one way to
    ask
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
solfa syllable solfege solfeggio solferino solfest soliatry solice solicec solicit solicitaion solicitate solicitation solicitations solicite solicited soliciters soliciting

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