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verb (v)

• make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently(verb.communication)

  Example:
  Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce.
  My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities.
  

  Synonym:
  beg, tap
  

  source: wordnet30
• make amorous advances towards(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  court, romance, woo
  

  source: wordnet30
• approach with an offer of sexual favors(verb.communication)

  Example:
  He was solicited by a prostitute.
  The young man was caught soliciting in the park.
  

  Synonym:
  accost, hook
  

  source: wordnet30
• incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination(verb.communication)

  Example:
  He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents.
  

  source: wordnet30
• make a solicitation or petition for something desired(verb.communication)

  Example:
  She is too shy to solicit.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.(verb)

  source: webster1913