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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