solicit

[suh-lis-it] / səˈlɪs ɪt /

VERB

plead for; try to sell

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ask canvass drum up promote require seek

STRONG

accost apply approach beg beseech bespeak bum cadge call challenge claim crave demand desire drum entreat exact go hawk hustle implore importune inquire mooch panhandle peddle petition postulate pray proposition query question refer request requisition resort seduce sponge steer supplicate touch tout turn

WEAK

come on to hit on hit up pass the hat sue for whistle for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

answer reply

STRONG

avoid conceal dodge give ignore not want offer stop

WEAK

disapprove refuse reject

Example Sentences

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The DOJ filed the suit the day after purportedly soliciting Moncla’s materials, the activists said.

From Salon

If you think I had to read 27 things on the internet and solicit five chatbots before typing that, you’re right, and I probably still messed it up.

From The Wall Street Journal

This announcement is intended to share information about Keck Medicine's research involvement and is not soliciting participants.

From Science Daily

They highlighted briefing materials and other internal Fed staff reports—some marked “Do Not Disseminate” in red and all-caps—that Rogers solicited from colleagues or otherwise accessed and forwarded to his personal Gmail account.

From The Wall Street Journal

Existing soliciting offences would have been repealed, with historic convictions quashed.

From BBC

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