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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;
- Example: "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"
- Example: "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
[syn: solicit, beg, tap]

2. make amorous advances towards;
- Example: "John is courting Mary"
[syn: woo, court, romance, solicit]

3. approach with an offer of sexual favors;
- Example: "he was solicited by a prostitute"
- Example: "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
[syn: hook, solicit, accost]

4. incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination;
- Example: "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"

5. make a solicitation or petition for something desired;
- Example: "She is too shy to solicit"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Solicit \So*lic"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solicited; p. pr. & vb. n. Soliciting.] [F. sollicier, L. sollicitare, solicitare, -atum, fr. sollicitus wholly (i. e., violently) moved; sollus whole + citus, p. p. of ciere to move, excite. See Solemn, Cite.] 1. To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms. [1913 Webster] Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor. [1913 Webster] I view my crime, but kindle at the view, Repent old pleasures, and solicit new. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite. [1913 Webster] That fruit . . . solicited her longing eye. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 4. To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Should My brother henceforth study to forget The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever Solicit thy deserts. --Ford. [1913 Webster] 5. To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used. [1913 Webster] Hath any ill solicited thine ears? --Chapman. [1913 Webster] But anxious fears solicit my weak breast. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Syn: Syn. To beseech; ask; request; crave; supplicate; entreat; beg; implore; importune. See Beseech. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

solicit v 1: 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" [syn: solicit, beg, tap] 2: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" [syn: woo, court, romance, solicit] 3: approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" [syn: hook, solicit, accost] 4: incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" 5: make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

55 Moby Thesaurus words for "solicit": accost, address, angle for, appeal to, apply, approach, ask, ask for, beg, beseech, bespeak, bid for, call, call on, call upon, canvass, challenge, claim, court, crave, demand, desire, drum, entice, entreat, exact, fish for, go, hustle, implore, importune, look for, lure, make a pass, make advances, make an overture, overture, pander to, petition, pop the question, postulate, pray, proposition, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seek, sue, sue for, supplicate, throw a pass, turn, woo