Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - solicit
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Solicit
solicit
~ v 1 to offer to have sex with someone in exchange for money (She was arrested for soliciting.) 2 formal to ask someone for money, help, or information (solicit sth from sb) (The governor sent two officials to Mexico City to solicit aid from the President.) 3 AmE to sell something by taking orders for a product or service, usually by going to people's houses or businesses - solicitation n
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(solicits, soliciting, solicited) 1. If you solicit money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it. (FORMAL) He’s already solicited their support on health care reform... No tuition was charged by the school, which solicited contributions from the society’s members. VERB: V n, V n from n 2. When prostitutes solicit, they offer to have sex with people in return for money. Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places. VERB: V • soliciting Girls could get very heavy sentences for soliciting–nine months or more. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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 ciere to move — more at safe, -kinesis Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to make petition to ; entreat b. to approach with a request or plea ~ed Congress for funding 2. to urge (as one's cause) strongly 3. a. to entice or lure especially into evil b. to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute 4. to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas ~ed donations intransitive verb 1. to make ~ation ; importune 2. of a prostitute to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money Synonyms: see ask ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. (solicited, soliciting) 1 tr. & (foll. by for) intr. ask repeatedly or earnestly for or seek or invite (business etc.). 2 tr. (often foll. by for) make a request or petition to (a person). 3 tr. accost (a person) and offer one's services as a prostitute. Derivatives solicitation n. Etymology: ME f. OF solliciter f. L sollicitare agitate f. sollicitus anxious f. sollus entire + citus past part., = set in motion ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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гл. 1) эк., юр. ходатайствовать (о чем-либо); выпрашивать, просить to solicit funds - ходатайствовать о предоставлении средств 2) общ. домогаться, добиваться to solicit for personal medical advice - добиваться частного медицинского обследования 3) общ. подвигать, заставлять, склонять, подстрекать (к чему-либо) to solicit to the membership - подвигнуть к участию, to solicit to sin - склонять к греху 4) торг. настойчиво предлагать, навязывать (товар, услуги) to solicit goods and services - навязывать товары и услуги SOLICIT гл. 1) ходатайствовать о чем-л. (for) 2) домогаться 3) подстрекать к чему-л. (to) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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v. 1) просить, упрашивать; выпрашивать 2) требовать; ходатайствовать 3) приставать к мужчине на улице (о проститутках) 4) подстрекать Syn: see request ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1422, "to disturb, trouble," from M.Fr. soliciter, from L. solicitare "to disturb, rouse," from sollicitus "agitated," from sollus "whole, entire" + citus "aroused," pp. of ciere "shake, excite." Meaning "to further (business affairs)" evolved c.1450 from M.Fr. sense of "manage affairs." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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