solicit
solicit is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.
- transitive verb. To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
- transitive verb. To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.
- transitive verb. To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
- transitive verb. To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.
- 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"
- 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"
- verb. make amorous advances towards
"John is courting Mary"
Synonyms
accost, hook, beg, tap, court, romance, woo
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in solicit:
Common word forms
solicits, solicited, soliciter, soliciting, solicitous
Words from these letters
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