solicit

verb

so·lic·it sə-ˈli-sət How to pronounce solicit (audio)

solicited; soliciting; solicits

transitive verb

: to make petition to : entreat

: to approach with a request or plea

solicited Congress for funding

: to urge (something, such as one's cause) strongly

: to entice or lure especially into evil

: to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute

: to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas

solicited donations

intransitive verb

: to make solicitation : importune

of a prostitute : to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money

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What object does solicit take?

When used as a transitive verb, solicit can take as an object either the thing being requested or the source from which the thing is requested:

Enterprising capitalists have been soliciting funds on the Internet for years, turning to a passel of sites like Kickstarter to aggregate small commitments from like-minded individuals on behalf of a new idea or worthy cause.
Dave Flessner, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, 5 Nov. 2015

County supervisors and staff spent much of the remainder of the board retreat planning for a series of focus groups that will solicit community input for the strategic plan.
Carmen Forman, The Roanoke Times, 31 Jan. 2016

They could be so nimble because they aggressively solicited a small group of doubters and broadcast their misgivings as if they were based on rigorous and systematic research.
Allan M. Brandt, The Cigarette Century, 2007

They are among the 9,500 volunteers, says the campaign, who have signed up to solicit their friends and families by hosting individual fund-raising Web pages for Obama.
Karen Tumulty, Time, 16 July 2007

Example Sentences

The center is soliciting donations to help victims of the earthquake. The company is soliciting bids from various firms. The organization is soliciting new memberships. The newspaper's editors want to solicit opinions from readers. The organization is soliciting for donations. Special interest groups are soliciting Congress for funds. The prostitutes were arrested for soliciting customers. See More

Recent Examples on the Web According to prosecutors, Dasko and two other men posed as girls online to chat with young boys and solicit videos and images of the boys.

Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2022 The complaints identify other posts appearing to recruit fighters and solicit funds to back pro-Russian separatists, which some legal experts suggest could violate U.S. sanctions laws, as well as Facebook’s rules.

Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022 Joe’s message might solicit a moment of sisterly reflection, but the setup feels forced.

Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022 Unlike other resale sites Drop 93 does not solicit consignment from third parties, but instead sources its wares from The Armoury’s VIP customers.

Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 26 July 2022 The state Department of Environmental Management, which controls the land and manages the Port of Galilee to support the fishing industry, did solicit ideas to redevelop the site last year.

Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022 Some schools, like the University of California Los Angeles, do not solicit or accept letters of recommendation.

Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 1 June 2022 Twitter’s board could solicit other proposals to take the company private, but available media reports suggest no serious competing offers emerged in between Musk launching his bid and Twitter accepting it.

Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 13 May 2022 City officeholders cannot solicit such donations directly or indirectly through another person or entity.

Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2022 See More

Legal Definition

solicit

transitive verb

so·lic·it sə-ˈli-sət How to pronounce solicit (audio)

: to make petition to

solicit the court

: to ask, induce, advise, or command (a person) to do something and especially to commit a crime compare coerce, importune

: to attempt to persuade (a person) to purchase something

: to attempt to bring about or obtain by soliciting a person

solicit bribes

intransitive verb

: to make solicitation

of a prostitute : to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money

solicited 1 of 2

adjective

as in requested

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

requested
needed
required
wanted
desired
welcome
necessary

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

unsolicited
uninvited
unasked
unwelcome
unwanted
unbidden
unsought
undesired
undesirable
unbid
objectionable
unacceptable
offensive

solicited

2 of 2

verb

past tense of solicit

as in interviewed

to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information solicited several opinions about which job he should accept

Synonyms & Similar Words

interviewed
surveyed
canvassed
polled
canvased
questioned
circularized
interrogated
sounded (out)
felt (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

reported

as in sought

to make a request for always ready to solicit donations for a charity

Synonyms & Similar Words

requested
sought
desired
urged
demanded
invited
importuned
required
quested
pled (for)
sued (for)
claimed
invoked
spoke (for)
requisitioned
bespoke
pleaded (for)
enjoined
plead (for)
called (for)
asked (for)
exacted
clamored (for)
applied (for)
begged (for)
wished (for)
petitioned (for)
pressed (for)
insisted (on)

as in asked

to make a request of solicited him to join the team

Synonyms & Similar Words

asked
requested
invited
petitioned
begged
importuned
implored
called on
invoked
prayed
required
beseeched
entreated
called upon
supplicated
conjured
demanded
hit (up)
enjoined
besought
pled (to)
exacted
appealed (to)
pleaded (to)
pressed
plead (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

required
compelled
obliged
coerced
forced
constrained

as in begged

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner solicit the President for relief funds

Synonyms & Similar Words

begged
petitioned
asked
importuned
implored
prayed
beseeched
entreated
requested
supplicated
conjured
besieged
required
called on
besought
invoked
impetrated
sued
called upon
pled (to)
appealed (to)
compelled
pleaded (to)
coerced
cadged
plead (to)
desired
demanded
insisted
forced
mooched
bludged
claimed
sponged
commanded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

suggested
implied
hinted
intimated
obliged
pleased
gratified
satisfied
appeased
pacified
placated
conciliated
consoled
quieted
mollified
comforted
contented

as in tempted

to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for "male enhancement" by shameless appeals to their vanity?

Synonyms & Similar Words

tempted
persuaded
lured
seduced
enticed
betrayed
allured
decoyed
baited
beguiled
inveigled
led on
fascinated
drew in
trapped
enchanted
entrapped
snowed
meshed
charmed
caught
ensnared
immeshed
captivated
enmeshed
snared
magnetized
bewitched
tangled
roped (in)
wiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

warned
cautioned
alerted
forewarned
repulsed
turned away
drove (away or off)
warded (off)

单词	solicited
释义	solicit verb so·lic·it sə-ˈli-sət solicited; soliciting; solicits transitive verb 1 a : to make petition to : entreat b : to approach with a request or plea solicited Congress for funding 2 : to urge (something, such 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 solicited donations intransitive verb 1 : to make solicitation : importune 2 of a prostitute : to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money Did you know? What object does solicit take? When used as a transitive verb, solicit can take as an object either the thing being requested or the source from which the thing is requested: Enterprising capitalists have been soliciting funds on the Internet for years, turning to a passel of sites like Kickstarter to aggregate small commitments from like-minded individuals on behalf of a new idea or worthy cause. Dave Flessner, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, 5 Nov. 2015 County supervisors and staff spent much of the remainder of the board retreat planning for a series of focus groups that will solicit community input for the strategic plan. Carmen Forman, The Roanoke Times, 31 Jan. 2016 They could be so nimble because they aggressively solicited a small group of doubters and broadcast their misgivings as if they were based on rigorous and systematic research. Allan M. Brandt, The Cigarette Century, 2007 They are among the 9,500 volunteers, says the campaign, who have signed up to solicit their friends and families by hosting individual fund-raising Web pages for Obama. Karen Tumulty, Time, 16 July 2007 Synonyms canvass canvas interview poll survey See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The center is soliciting donations to help victims of the earthquake. The company is soliciting bids from various firms. The organization is soliciting new memberships. The newspaper's editors want to solicit opinions from readers. The organization is soliciting for donations. Special interest groups are soliciting Congress for funds. The prostitutes were arrested for soliciting customers. See More Recent Examples on the Web According to prosecutors, Dasko and two other men posed as girls online to chat with young boys and solicit videos and images of the boys. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2022 The complaints identify other posts appearing to recruit fighters and solicit funds to back pro-Russian separatists, which some legal experts suggest could violate U.S. sanctions laws, as well as Facebook’s rules. Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022 Joe’s message might solicit a moment of sisterly reflection, but the setup feels forced. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022 Unlike other resale sites Drop 93 does not solicit consignment from third parties, but instead sources its wares from The Armoury’s VIP customers. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 26 July 2022 The state Department of Environmental Management, which controls the land and manages the Port of Galilee to support the fishing industry, did solicit ideas to redevelop the site last year. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022 Some schools, like the University of California Los Angeles, do not solicit or accept letters of recommendation. Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 1 June 2022 Twitter’s board could solicit other proposals to take the company private, but available media reports suggest no serious competing offers emerged in between Musk launching his bid and Twitter accepting it. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 13 May 2022 City officeholders cannot solicit such donations directly or indirectly through another person or entity. Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2022 See More Word History 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 — more at safe, -kinesis First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a Kids Definition solicit verb so·lic·it sə-ˈli-sət solicited; soliciting 1 : to come to with a request or plea We solicited local businesses for donations. 2 : to try to get by asking or pleading They solicited the help of their neighbors. Legal Definition solicit transitive verb so·lic·it sə-ˈli-sət 1 : to make petition to solicit the court 2 : to ask, induce, advise, or command (a person) to do something and especially to commit a crime compare coerce, importune 3 : to attempt to persuade (a person) to purchase something 4 : to attempt to bring about or obtain by soliciting a person solicit bribes intransitive verb 1 : to make solicitation 2 of a prostitute : to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money solicited 1 of 2 adjective as in requested Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance requested needed required wanted desired welcome necessary Antonyms & Near Antonyms unsolicited uninvited unasked unwelcome unwanted unbidden unsought undesired undesirable unbid objectionable unacceptable offensive See More solicited 2 of 2 verb past tense of solicit 1 as in interviewed to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information solicited several opinions about which job he should accept Synonyms & Similar Words interviewed surveyed canvassed polled canvased questioned circularized interrogated sounded (out) felt (out) Antonyms & Near Antonyms reported 2 as in sought to make a request for always ready to solicit donations for a charity Synonyms & Similar Words requested sought desired urged demanded invited importuned required quested pled (for) sued (for) claimed invoked spoke (for) requisitioned bespoke pleaded (for) enjoined plead (for) called (for) asked (for) exacted clamored (for) applied (for) begged (for) wished (for) petitioned (for) pressed (for) insisted (on) 3 as in asked to make a request of solicited him to join the team Synonyms & Similar Words asked requested invited petitioned begged importuned implored called on invoked prayed required beseeched entreated called upon supplicated conjured demanded hit (up) enjoined besought pled (to) exacted appealed (to) pleaded (to) pressed plead (to) Antonyms & Near Antonyms required compelled obliged coerced forced constrained 4 as in begged to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner solicit the President for relief funds Synonyms & Similar Words begged petitioned asked importuned implored prayed beseeched entreated requested supplicated conjured besieged required called on besought invoked impetrated sued called upon pled (to) appealed (to) compelled pleaded (to) coerced cadged plead (to) desired demanded insisted forced mooched bludged claimed sponged commanded Antonyms & Near Antonyms suggested implied hinted intimated obliged pleased gratified satisfied appeased pacified placated conciliated consoled quieted mollified comforted contented See More 5 as in tempted to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for "male enhancement" by shameless appeals to their vanity? Synonyms & Similar Words tempted persuaded lured seduced enticed betrayed allured decoyed baited beguiled inveigled led on fascinated drew in trapped enchanted entrapped snowed meshed charmed caught ensnared immeshed captivated enmeshed snared magnetized bewitched tangled roped (in) wiled Antonyms & Near Antonyms warned cautioned alerted forewarned repulsed turned away drove (away or off) warded (off) See More
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solicit

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