"solicit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /səˈlɪsɪt/ Audio: en-us-solicit.ogg , en-au-solicit.ogg
enPR: sə-lĭs'ĭt Rhymes: -ɪsɪt Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*solh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|soliciten}} Middle English soliciten, {{der|en|fro|soliciter}} Old French soliciter, {{der|en|la|sollicitō|t=stir, disturb; look after}} Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} solicit
  1. (archaic) solicitation Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-solicit-en-noun-Im7m4VjG Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 24 21 7 9 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 11 24 21 7 9 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 21 19 8 9 11 6 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 11 24 21 7 9 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 25 21 7 8 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 25 21 7 8 8 5 6 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sollicit [obsolete]

Verb [English]

IPA: /səˈlɪsɪt/ Audio: en-us-solicit.ogg , en-au-solicit.ogg Forms: solicits [present, singular, third-person], soliciting [participle, present], solicited [participle, past], solicited [past]
enPR: sə-lĭs'ĭt Rhymes: -ɪsɪt Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*solh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|soliciten}} Middle English soliciten, {{der|en|fro|soliciter}} Old French soliciter, {{der|en|la|sollicitō|t=stir, disturb; look after}} Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} solicit (third-person singular simple present solicits, present participle soliciting, simple past and past participle solicited)
  1. (transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event. Tags: transitive Synonyms: supplicate, thig Translations (to persistently endeavor): умолявам (umoljavam) (Bulgarian), измолвам (izmolvam) (Bulgarian), 懇求 (Chinese Mandarin), 恳求 (kěnqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), penätä (Finnish), pyytää (Finnish), tavoitella (Finnish), solicitar (Galician), anfordern (German), bedrängen (German), erbitten (German), nachsuchen (German), याचना करना (yācnā karnā) (Hindi), kér (Hungarian), kérlel (Hungarian), könyörög (Hungarian), folyamodik (Hungarian), esdekel (Hungarian), 強請る (yusuru) (Japanese), solicitar (Portuguese), solicita (Romanian), добива́ться (dobivátʹsja) (Russian), solicitar (Spanish), ısrarla rica etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-solicit-en-verb-uiE6d9Bm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 28 10 9 13 16 5 5 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 37 8 7 10 8 7 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 32 11 8 11 12 6 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 44 9 6 10 7 6 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 23 20 9 9 11 4 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 24 21 7 9 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 11 24 21 7 9 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 33 11 7 12 7 7 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 11 26 19 8 10 9 4 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 18 15 11 11 14 7 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 36 9 7 12 8 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 22 17 8 10 16 4 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 21 19 8 9 11 6 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 23 18 7 8 7 9 7 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 11 24 21 7 9 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 36 9 7 12 8 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 10 21 18 7 8 7 9 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 40 8 7 10 7 7 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 25 21 7 8 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 25 21 7 8 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of 'to persistently endeavor': 79 4 2 5 3 3 2 3
  2. (transitive) To woo; to court. Tags: transitive Synonyms: address, romance Translations (to woo; to court): ухажвам (uhažvam) (Bulgarian), kosiskella (Finnish), riiata (Finnish), vokotella (Finnish), viekoitella (Finnish), liehitellä (Finnish), werben (German), den Hof machen (German), umwerben (German), udvarol (Hungarian), teszi a szépet (Hungarian), csábít (Hungarian), уха́живать (uxáživatʹ) (Russian), cortejar (Spanish), uppvakta (Swedish), kur yapmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-solicit-en-verb-kLWVKTSX Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 23 20 9 9 11 4 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 24 21 7 9 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 11 24 21 7 9 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 18 15 11 11 14 7 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 21 19 8 9 11 6 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 11 24 21 7 9 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 10 21 18 7 8 7 9 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 25 21 7 8 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 25 21 7 8 8 5 6 9 Disambiguation of 'to woo; to court': 1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1
  3. (transitive) To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior. Tags: transitive Translations (to persuade or incite): уговарям (ugovarjam) (Bulgarian), houkutella (Finnish), vokotella (Finnish), vikitellä (Finnish), anstiften (German), beschwatzen (German), überreden (German), felbujt (Hungarian), домога́ться (domogátʹsja) (Russian), snubiti [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), solicitar (Spanish), baştan çıkarmaya çalışmak (Turkish), davetkâr konuşmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-solicit-en-verb-SV4r-q-f Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 18 15 11 11 14 7 6 10 Disambiguation of 'to persuade or incite': 11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2
  4. (transitive) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment. Tags: transitive Translations (to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment): предлагам се (predlagam se) (Bulgarian), tarjoutua (Finnish), tyrkyttää (itseään) (Finnish), leszólít (Hungarian), kínálja/felkínálja magát (Hungarian), strichel (Hungarian), приставать (pristavatʹ) (Russian), навязываться (navjazyvatʹsja) (Russian), fahişelik yapmak (Turkish), fuhuş yapmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-solicit-en-verb-IpodVEWC Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 18 15 11 11 14 7 6 10 Disambiguation of 'to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment': 1 1 2 92 2 1 1 1
  5. To make a petition. Synonyms: appeal, request Translations (to make a petition): ходатайствам (hodatajstvam) (Bulgarian), 徵求 (Chinese Mandarin), 征求 (zhēngqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), anoa (Finnish), pyytää (Finnish), kérelmez (Hungarian), igényel (Hungarian), megigényel (Hungarian), kíván (Hungarian), ходатайствовать (xodatajstvovatʹ) (Russian), обраща́ться с петицией (obraščátʹsja) (Russian), solicitar (Spanish), yalvarmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-solicit-en-verb-m3s5y41M Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 23 20 9 9 11 4 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 18 15 11 11 14 7 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 21 19 8 9 11 6 7 9 Disambiguation of 'to make a petition': 6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1
  6. (archaic, transitive) To disturb or trouble; to harass. Tags: archaic, transitive Translations ((obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass): безпокоя (bezpokoja) (Bulgarian), belästigen (German), stören (German), zaklat (Hungarian), háborgat (Hungarian), nagabywać (Polish), досажда́ть (dosaždátʹ) (Russian), sırnaşmak (Turkish), tebelleş olmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-solicit-en-verb-ZM-cVxc~ Disambiguation of '(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass': 3 2 2 2 4 64 2 20
  7. (transitive) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to. Tags: transitive Synonyms: plead
    Sense id: en-solicit-en-verb-JFiexV0Y
  8. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To disturb; to disquiet. Tags: obsolete, rare, transitive Synonyms: worry
    Sense id: en-solicit-en-verb-dWybLGsp Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 18 15 11 11 14 7 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 10 21 18 7 8 7 9 8 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sollicit [obsolete] Related terms: solicitation, solicitor, solicitous, solicitude, unsolicited

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 25 21 7 8 8 5 6 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 25 21 7 8 8 5 6 9",
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          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
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        }
      ],
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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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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To woo; to court."
      ],
      "id": "en-solicit-en-verb-kLWVKTSX",
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          "court",
          "court"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To woo; to court."
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        {
          "word": "address"
        },
        {
          "word": "romance"
        }
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uhažvam",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "ухажвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "kosiskella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "riiata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "vokotella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "viekoitella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "liehitellä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "werben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "den Hof machen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "umwerben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "udvarol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "teszi a szépet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "csábít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uxáživatʹ",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "уха́живать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "cortejar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "uppvakta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to woo; to court",
          "word": "kur yapmak"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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        }
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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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior."
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          "incite",
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        ],
        [
          "commit",
          "commit"
        ],
        [
          "illegal",
          "illegal"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "behavior",
          "behavior"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ugovarjam",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "уговарям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "houkutella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "vokotella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "vikitellä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "anstiften"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "beschwatzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "überreden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "felbujt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "domogátʹsja",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "домога́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "snubiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "solicitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "baştan çıkarmaya çalışmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 2 76 1 2 2 5 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to persuade or incite",
          "word": "davetkâr konuşmak"
        }
      ]
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        }
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        {
          "text": "My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment."
      ],
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          "perform",
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        "(transitive) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 2 92 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 92 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 92 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 92 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 92 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 92 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 92 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 92 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 92 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 92 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment",
          "word": "fuhuş yapmak"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 18 15 11 11 14 7 6 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 21 19 8 9 11 6 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        "To make a petition."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "appeal"
        },
        {
          "word": "request"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hodatajstvam",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "ходатайствам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "徵求"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhēngqiú",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "征求"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "anoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "pyytää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "kérelmez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "igényel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "megigényel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "kíván"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xodatajstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "ходатайствовать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obraščátʹsja",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "обраща́ться с петицией"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "solicitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 2 83 1 4 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to make a petition",
          "word": "yalvarmak"
        }
      ]
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        "To disturb or trouble; to harass."
      ],
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        [
          "disturb",
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        [
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        ],
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          "harass"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, transitive) To disturb or trouble; to harass."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 2 2 4 64 2 20",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezpokoja",
          "sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
          "word": "безпокоя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 2 2 4 64 2 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
          "word": "belästigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 2 2 4 64 2 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
          "word": "stören"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 2 2 4 64 2 20",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
          "word": "zaklat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 2 2 4 64 2 20",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
          "word": "háborgat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 2 2 4 64 2 20",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
          "word": "nagabywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 2 2 4 64 2 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dosaždátʹ",
          "sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
          "word": "досажда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 2 2 4 64 2 20",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
          "word": "sırnaşmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 2 2 4 64 2 20",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass",
          "word": "tebelleş olmak"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1628, John Ford, The Lover's Melancholy:",
          "text": "Should / My brother henceforth study to forget / The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever / Solicit thy deserts.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to."
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        [
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          "claim"
        ],
        [
          "plead",
          "plead"
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        [
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        "(transitive) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "plead"
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      ]
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 21 18 7 8 7 9 8 12",
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          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1611-1615, George Chapman, Iliad, Book XVI\nHath any ill solicited thine ears?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 3:",
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        "To disturb; to disquiet."
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        "(obsolete, rare, transitive) To disturb; to disquiet."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "worry"
        }
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
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      "enpr": "sə-lĭs'ĭt"
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    {
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "sollicit"
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      "word": "anfordern"
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      "word": "याचना करना"
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      "word": "solicitar"
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      "sense": "to persistently endeavor",
      "word": "добива́ться"
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      "word": "ısrarla rica etmek"
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      "roman": "domogátʹsja",
      "sense": "to persuade or incite",
      "word": "домога́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to persuade or incite",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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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": "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"
    }
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}

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