solicit
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- solicitation derivation
- beggary derivation
- canvasser derivation
Sense 2 verb
make amorous advances towards
John is courting Mary
Types & categories
- act hypernym
- chase after hyponym
- display hyponym
Related & opposite
- love story derivation
- courtship derivation
- suer derivation
- romance derivation
Sense 3 verb
approach with an offer of sexual favors
he was solicited by a prostitute
Types & categories
- offer hypernym
Related & opposite
- solicitation derivation
- snare verb group
Sense 4 verb
incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents
Types & categories
- cause hypernym
Sense 5 verb
make a solicitation or petition for something desired
She is too shy to solicit
Types & categories
- ask hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | solicitation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | beggary |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | canvasser |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | canvas |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lobby |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | love story |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | courtship |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | suer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | romance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chase after |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | display |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | solicitation |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | snare |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | offer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ask |