Verb

• S: (v) solicit, beg, tap (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"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) quest (seek alms, as for religious purposes)
• S: (v) canvass (solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign)
• S: (v) lobby, buttonhole (detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) woo, court, romance, solicit (make amorous advances towards) "John is courting Mary"
• S: (v) hook, solicit, accost (approach with an offer of sexual favors) "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
• S: (v) solicit (incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination) "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"
• S: (v) solicit (make a solicitation or petition for something desired) "She is too shy to solicit"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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