Definition of solicit

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Solicit (v. t.) To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms..

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Suit :: Suit (n.) The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
Woo :: Woo (v. t.) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
Fear :: Fear (n.) To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
Lobby :: Lobby (v. t.) To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill..
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions..
Drum :: Drum (v. t.) (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up customers..
Quest :: Quest (n.) Request; desire; solicitation.
Importune :: Importune (a.) To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry..
Solicited :: Solicited (imp. & p. p.) of Solici.
Entreaty :: Entreaty (n.) The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
Fear :: Fear (n.) Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng..
Obtrusion :: Obtrusion (n.) The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world..
Courtier :: Courtier (n.) One who courts or solicits favor; one who flatters.
Jealous :: Jealous (a.) Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
Anxiety :: Anxiety (n.) Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness..
Procure :: Procure (v. t.) To solicit; to entreat.
Solicit :: Solicit (v. t.) To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor..
Unconcern :: Unconcern (n.) Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference.
Anxiousness :: Anxiousness (n.) The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.
Volunteer :: Volunteer (v. i.) To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking..
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