Definition of solicit

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Solicit (v. t.) To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor..

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Careful :: Careful (a.) Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful..
Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
Ask :: Ask (v. t.) To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed..
Cark :: Cark (n.) A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.
Call :: Call (n.) A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders..
Dunner :: Dunner (n.) One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.
Solicitor :: Solicitor (n.) One who solicits.
Solicitor :: Solicitor (n.) An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under Attorney..
Canvass :: Canvass (v. i.) To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for..
Solicit :: Solicit (v. t.) To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.
Unconcern :: Unconcern (n.) Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference.
Apply :: Apply (v. i.) To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information..
Request :: Request (n.) The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.
Proctor :: Proctor (n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity..
Drum :: Drum (v. t.) (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up customers..
Incompliant :: Incompliant (a.) Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn..
Anxiety :: Anxiety (n.) Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness..
Jealous :: Jealous (a.) Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
Unconcerned :: Unconcerned (a.) Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future..
Cark :: Cark (v. i.) To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve..
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