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[ verb ] make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
Examples "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce" "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)George_Simon , exec director of Danny_Thomas_A._L._S._A._C. [ Aiding_Leukemia_Stricken_American Children ] fund raising group , filled me in on the low-down phonies who are using phones to solicit funds for Danny 's St._Jude hospital in Memphis . So , if anybody solicits by phone , make sure you mail the dough to the above . (Eugene E. Golay, Organizing the Local Church for Effect...)The budget of the church may be_presented and pledges solicited at this session . (Rhode Island Development Council. Annual Report 1960....)An important operation in soliciting industrial locations involves what we term `` Missionary calls '' by one of_this Division 's industrial promotion specialists . |
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[ verb ] incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
Examples "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" Related terms |
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[ verb ] make a solicitation or petition for something desired
Examples "She is too shy to solicit" Related terms |
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