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solicit

Verb

IPA /səˈlɪsɪt/

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To ask for or actively try to obtain something from other people.

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solicit/səˈlɪsɪt/

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A club needs support
Requests go to local shops
Donations are invited

To solicit donations is to actively ask people to contribute them.

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The club wrote to local shops to solicit donations for the fair.
The researchers solicited feedback from students after the trial lesson.

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solicit — To ask for or actively try to obtain something from other people.

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To ask for or actively try to obtain something from other people.

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Word origin

From Old French solliciter and Latin sollicitare, meaning to stir or urge.

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