solicit
21solicit — /sə lɪsɪt/ verb ♦ to solicit orders to ask for orders, to try to get people to order goods …
22solicit — [15] The ultimate source of solicit is Latin sollicitus ‘agitated’, which also gave English solicitous [16]. It was a compound adjective, formed from sollus ‘whole’ (source also of English solemn) and citus, the past participle of ciēre ‘move’… …
23solicit earnestly — index importune Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
24solicit insistently — index bait (harass), importune Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
25solicit votes — index lobby Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
26solicit — verb Etymology: Middle English, to disturb, promote, from Anglo French solliciter, from Latin sollicitare to disturb, from sollicitus anxious, from sollus whole (from Oscan; akin to Greek holos whole) + citus, past participle of ciēre to move… …
27solicit — verb /səˈlɪsɪt/ a) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event. b) To woo; to court. Syn: request, plead, appeal …
28solicit — Synonyms and related words: accost, address, angle for, appeal to, apply, approach, ask, ask for, beg, beseech, bespeak, bid for, call, call on, call upon, canvass, challenge, claim, court, crave, demand, desire, drum, entice, entreat, exact,… …
29solicit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. request, invite, ask, entreat, importune, beg, canvass, petition. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To ask or beg] Syn. entreat, beseech, request, petition; see ask 1 , beg 1 . 2. [To tempt for sexual… …
30solicit — so·lic·it || sÉ™ lɪsɪt v. try and obtain something through persuasion or earnest requests; attempt to convince someone to give or do something; try to influence another to commit an illegal act; offer sex in exchange for money …