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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*solh₂-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "soliciten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English soliciten",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "solliciten"
},
"expansion": "solliciten",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "soliciter"
},
"expansion": "Old French soliciter",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "solliciter"
},
"expansion": "solliciter",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "sollicitō",
"t": "stir, disturb; look after"
},
"expansion": "Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "sollicitus",
"lit": "thoroughly moved",
"t": "agitated, anxious, punctilious"
},
"expansion": "sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”)",
"name": "m"
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{
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"t": "whole, entire"
},
"expansion": "sollus (“whole, entire”)",
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "cieō",
"t": "shake, excite, cite, to put in motion"
},
"expansion": "cieō (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English soliciten, solliciten, from Old French soliciter, solliciter, from the present active participle of Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”), from sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + perfect passive participle of cieō (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”).",
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{
"form": "solicits",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "soliciting",
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"present"
]
},
{
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]
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "solicitation"
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{
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"word": "solicitor"
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"word": "solicitous"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "solicitude"
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"word": "unsolicited"
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"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "to solicit alms, or a favour",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event."
],
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"links": [
[
"persistent",
"persistent"
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[
"endeavor",
"endeavor"
],
[
"obtain",
"obtain"
],
[
"bring about",
"bring about"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "supplicate"
},
{
"word": "thig"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umoljavam",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "умолявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmolvam",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "измолвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "懇求"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kěnqiú",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "恳求"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "penätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "pyytää"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "tavoitella"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "solicitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "anfordern"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "bedrängen"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "erbitten"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "nachsuchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "yācnā karnā",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "याचना करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "kér"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "kérlel"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "könyörög"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "folyamodik"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "esdekel"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yusuru",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "強請る"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "solicitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "solicita"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobivátʹsja",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "добива́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "solicitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 4 5 3 3 2 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "ısrarla rica etmek"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1960 November, David Morgan, “\"Piggyback\"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 683",
"text": "American railroads are not permitted to operate long-haul road routes, but the I.C.C. decision of 1954 did permit them to solicit trailer business in, say, New York for Chicago provided the trailer was piggybacked in between.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To woo; to court."
],
"id": "en-solicit-en-verb-kLWVKTSX",
"links": [
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"woo",
"woo"
],
[
"court",
"court"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To woo; to court."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "address"
},
{
"word": "romance"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uhažvam",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "ухажвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "kosiskella"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "riiata"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "vokotella"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "viekoitella"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "liehitellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "werben"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "den Hof machen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "umwerben"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "udvarol"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "teszi a szépet"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "csábít"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxáživatʹ",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "уха́живать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "cortejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "uppvakta"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "kur yapmak"
}
]
},
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": ", Book II, Chapter 1",
"text": "Sounds and some tangible qualities fail not to solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind."
},
{
"text": "If you want to lose your virginity, you should try to solicit some fine looking women."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior."
],
"id": "en-solicit-en-verb-SV4r-q-f",
"links": [
[
"persuade",
"persuade"
],
[
"incite",
"incite"
],
[
"commit",
"commit"
],
[
"illegal",
"illegal"
],
[
"sexual",
"sexual"
],
[
"behavior",
"behavior"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ugovarjam",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "уговарям"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "houkutella"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "vokotella"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "vikitellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "anstiften"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "beschwatzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "überreden"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "felbujt"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "domogátʹsja",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "домога́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "snubiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "solicitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "baştan çıkarmaya çalışmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 2 65 1 2 3 9 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "davetkâr konuşmak"
}
]
},
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment."
],
"id": "en-solicit-en-verb-IpodVEWC",
"links": [
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"offer",
"offer"
],
[
"perform",
"perform"
],
[
"sexual",
"sexual"
],
[
"activity",
"activity"
],
[
"payment",
"payment"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 91 2 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predlagam se",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "предлагам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 91 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "tarjoutua"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 91 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "tyrkyttää (itseään)"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 91 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "leszólít"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 91 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "kínálja/felkínálja magát"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 91 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "strichel"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 91 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pristavatʹ",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "приставать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 91 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "navjazyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "навязываться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 91 2 1 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "fahişelik yapmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 91 2 1 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "fuhuş yapmak"
}
]
},
{
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],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a petition."
],
"id": "en-solicit-en-verb-m3s5y41M",
"links": [
[
"petition",
"petition"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "appeal"
},
{
"word": "request"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hodatajstvam",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "ходатайствам"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "徵求"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhēngqiú",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "征求"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "anoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "pyytää"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "kérelmez"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "igényel"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "megigényel"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "kíván"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xodatajstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "ходатайствовать"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obraščátʹsja",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "обраща́ться с петицией"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "solicitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 1 2 82 1 4 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "yalvarmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To disturb or trouble; to harass."
],
"id": "en-solicit-en-verb-ZM-cVxc~",
"links": [
[
"disturb",
"disturb"
],
[
"trouble",
"trouble"
],
[
"harass",
"harass"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, transitive) To disturb or trouble; to harass."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 2 3 65 2 21",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezpokoja",
"sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
"word": "безпокоя"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 2 3 65 2 21",
"code": "de",
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"word": "anfordern"
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"word": "याचना करना"
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"word": "esdekel"
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"word": "強請る"
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"word": "solicitar"
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"word": "ısrarla rica etmek"
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{
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{
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"code": "fi",
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{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "udvarol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "teszi a szépet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "csábít"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxáživatʹ",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "уха́живать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "cortejar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "uppvakta"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "kur yapmak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ugovarjam",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "уговарям"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "houkutella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "vokotella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "vikitellä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "anstiften"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "beschwatzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "überreden"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "felbujt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "domogátʹsja",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "домога́ться"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "snubiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "solicitar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "baştan çıkarmaya çalışmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to persuade or incite",
"word": "davetkâr konuşmak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predlagam se",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "предлагам се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "tarjoutua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "tyrkyttää (itseään)"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "leszólít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "kínálja/felkínálja magát"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "strichel"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pristavatʹ",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "приставать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "navjazyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "навязываться"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "fahişelik yapmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "fuhuş yapmak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hodatajstvam",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "ходатайствам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "徵求"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhēngqiú",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "征求"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "anoa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "pyytää"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "kérelmez"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "igényel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "megigényel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "kíván"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xodatajstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "ходатайствовать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obraščátʹsja",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "обраща́ться с петицией"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "solicitar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "yalvarmak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezpokoja",
"sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
"word": "безпокоя"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
"word": "belästigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
"word": "stören"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
"word": "zaklat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
"word": "háborgat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
"word": "nagabywać"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dosaždátʹ",
"sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
"word": "досажда́ть"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
"word": "sırnaşmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
"word": "tebelleş olmak"
}
],
"word": "solicit"
}
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"enpr": "sə-lĭs'ĭt"
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