solicit
1. make a solicitation or entreaty for something;
request urgently or persistently (Freq. 4)
- Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
- My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
• Syn:
beg, tap
• Derivationally related forms:
beggary (for: beg), solicitation, solicitor
• Hypernyms:
request, bespeak, call for, quest
• Hyponyms:
quest, canvass, canvas, lobby, buttonhole
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
2. approach with an offer of sexual favors
- he was solicited by a prostitute
- The young man was caught soliciting in the park
• Syn:
hook, accost
• Derivationally related forms:
solicitation
• Hypernyms:
offer
• Verb Group:
hook, snare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. make amorous advances towards
- John is courting Mary
• Syn:
woo, court, romance
• Derivationally related forms:
romance (for: romance), courting (for: court), wooer (for: woo), wooing (for: woo)
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Hyponyms:
chase, chase after, display
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot solicit Sue
4. incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
- He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents
• Hypernyms:
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. make a solicitation or petition for something desired
- She is too shy to solicit
• Hypernyms:
ask
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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