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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "solicit"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to request something, usually in a formal or persistent manner
Transitive: to solicit sb/sth
to solicit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sales team has been soliciting feedback from customers to improve their products.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāϞ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to engage in the act of propositioning oneself or others for sexual activity, usually in exchange for payment
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was approached by a man on the street who was soliciting for sexual services.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϞ⧋āĻ• āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϝ⧌āύ āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϰ⧋āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to urge or encourage others to commit unlawful acts or defy authority
Ditransitive: to solicit sb to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was charged with soliciting minors to participate in illegal activities.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϞāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϰ⧋āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to formally request or appeal for something
Ditransitive: to solicit sb for sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The nonprofit solicited donors for contributions to its disaster relief fund.
āĻ…āϞāĻžāĻ­āϜāύāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to seek someone's affection, typically with romantic intentions
Transitive: to solicit sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The suitor solicited the young woman by serenading her beneath her window.
āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖā§€āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϏ⧇āϰ⧇āύāĻžāĻĄ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

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