solicit

Pronunciation

• enPR: sə-lĭs'ĭt
• IPA ^(key): /səˈlɪsɪt/

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Verb

Plain form solicit

Third-person singular solicits

Past tense solicited

Past participle solicited

Present participle soliciting

1. (transitive) If you solicit money, help, advice, etc. from someone, you ask them for it.
2. (transitive & intransitive) If someone solicits someone else, they offer to perform sexual activity for that person, usually for pay.

   A number of women were soliciting in front of the bar.

Related words

• solicitor
• unsolicited