Solicit means to ask for. It is what those people on the street are doing, when they ask, "Do you have a moment to talk about the destruction of the planet?" They are soliciting donations for their cause.
To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something;
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"
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approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
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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"
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make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
v. t.
To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to
apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.
v. t.
To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to
solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
v. t.
To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to
summon; to appeal to; to invite.
v. t.
To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor
for or with reference to.
v. t.
To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.
Solicit
Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?2.
I view my crime, but kindle at the view, Repent old pleasures, and solicit new.3.
That fruit . . . solicited her longing eye.
Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind.4.
Should My brother henceforth study to forget The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever Solicit thy deserts.5.
Hath any ill solicited thine ears?
But anxious fears solicit my weak breast.
To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something;
Usage Examples
Don't solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can help move your idea forward, but if you're just looking to your friend, co-worker, husband or wife for validation, be careful. It can stop a lot of multimillion-dollar ideas in their tracks in the beginning.
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Other Usage ExamplesWhen the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great office of state to solicit party donations from people whose careers he can control, and then says I'm not sorry, and I'd do it again no wonder the public think that power has gone to their heads.
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