solicit definition

1. make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
• examples: Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
• examples: My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
2. incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
• examples: He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents
3. make a solicitation or petition for something desired
• examples: She is too shy to solicit