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Verb solicit has 5 senses
- 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
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- 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
- 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
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
- 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
- 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
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