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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Solicit (0.01075 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Solicit.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: solicit
solicit
v 1: 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” [syn:
beg,
tap]
2: make amorous advances towards;
“John is courting Mary” [syn:
woo,
court,
romance]
3: 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]
4: incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or
insubordination;
“He was accused of soliciting his
colleagues to destroy the documents”
5: make a solicitation or petition for something desired;
“She
is too shy to solicit”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Solicit
Solicit
\So*lic"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Solicited; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Soliciting.] [F. sollicier, L. sollicitare,
solicitare, -atum, fr. sollicitus wholly (i. e., violently)
moved; sollus whole + citus, p. p. of ciere to move, excite.
See
Solemn,
Cite.]
1. 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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Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me? --Milton.
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2. To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to
solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
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I view my crime, but kindle at the view,
Repent old pleasures, and solicit new. --Pope.
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3. To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to
summon; to appeal to; to invite.
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That fruit . . . solicited her longing eye.
--Milton.
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Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their
proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind.
--Locke.
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4. To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for
or with reference to. [Obs.]
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Should
My brother henceforth study to forget
The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever
Solicit thy deserts. --Ford.
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5. To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.
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Hath any ill solicited thine ears? --Chapman.
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But anxious fears solicit my weak breast. --Dryden.
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Syn: Syn. To beseech; ask; request; crave; supplicate;
entreat; beg; implore; importune. See
Beseech.
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