"solicit" meaning in All languages combined

See solicit on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /səˈlɪsɪt/ Audio: en-us-solicit.ogg [US], en-au-solicit.ogg [Australia] Forms: solicit [canonical], solicits [third-person, singular], solicited [past], solicited [past, participle], soliciting [present, participle]
enPR: sə-lĭs'ĭt Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you solicit money, help, advice, etc. from someone, you ask them for it.
    Sense id: simple-solicit-en-verb-DZxcUdEV
  2. If someone solicits someone else, they offer to perform sexual activity for that person, usually for pay.
    Sense id: simple-solicit-en-verb-SfMugmnp
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