See solicit on Wiktionary
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"text": "to solicit alms, or a favour",
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"ref": "1717, Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC:",
"text": "I view my crime, but kindle at the view, / Repent old pleasures, and solicit new.\nDid I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?",
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"word": "懇求"
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"word": "kér"
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"word": "добива́ться"
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"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.",
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"word": "teszi a szépet"
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"word": "csábít"
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"word": "уха́живать"
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"word": "cortejar"
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"word": "kur yapmak"
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"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
"text": "That fruit […] sollicited her longing eye.",
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"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."
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"text": "If you want to lose your virginity, you should try to solicit some fine looking women.",
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"text": "My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired.",
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"word": "kínálja/felkínálja magát"
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"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
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"roman": "pristavatʹ",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "приставать"
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"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "fahişelik yapmak"
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"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "fuhuş yapmak"
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"roman": "hodatajstvam",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "ходатайствам"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "徵求"
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"roman": "zhēngqiú",
"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "征求"
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"sense": "to make a petition",
"word": "anoa"
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"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "強請る"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "solicitar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "solicita"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobivátʹsja",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "добива́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "solicitar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to persistently endeavor",
"word": "ısrarla rica etmek"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uhažvam",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "ухажвам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "kosiskella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "riiata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "vokotella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "viekoitella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "liehitellä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "werben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "den Hof machen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to woo; to court",
"word": "umwerben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"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": [
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"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": "es",
"english": "River Plate",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
"word": "yirar"
},
{
"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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"text": "(1) How many male or female students are named (or otherwise identified) in the context of a solicit?\n(2) How many words of a solicit are directed to a particular student?",
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