solicit
/səˈlɪsɪt/ verb C2- To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event. · to solicit alms, or a favour
- To woo; to court.
- To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior. · If you want to lose your virginity, you should try to solicit some fine looking women.
- To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment. · My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired.
- To make a petition.
- To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
He/she/it solicits · Past solicited · Past participle solicited · -ing form soliciting
Verb forms
- Base form
- solicit
- He/she/it
- solicits
- Past
- solicited
- Past participle
- solicited
- -ing form
- soliciting
From the library
“I am by no means of opinion, I assure you,” said he, “that a ball of this kind, given by a young man of character, to respectable people, can have any evil tendency; and I am so far from objecting to dancing myself, that I shall hope to be honoured with the hands of all my fair cousins in the course of the evening; and I take this opportunity of soliciting yours, Miss Elizabeth, for the two first dances especially; a preference which I trust my cousin Jane will attribute to the right cause, and not to any disrespect for her.”
“May I hope, madam, for your interest with your fair daughter Elizabeth, when I solicit for the honour of a private audience with her in the course of this morning?”
He who, she had been persuaded, would avoid her as his greatest enemy, seemed, on this accidental meeting, most eager to preserve the acquaintance; and without any indelicate display of regard, or any peculiarity of manner, where their two selves only were concerned, was soliciting the good opinion of her friends, and bent on making her known to his sister.
“What?” said the count, the approbation of whose eye Villefort had frequently solicited during this speech.
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