SOLICIT

• (verb) make a solicitation or petition for something desired

  "She is too shy to solicit"

• (verb) incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination

  "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"

• (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors

  "he was solicited by a prostitute", "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"

  synonyms : accost , hook

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : beg , tap

• (verb) make amorous advances towards

  "John is courting Mary"

  synonyms : court , romance , woo

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