English to English
verb
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce.
My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make amorous advances towards
John is courting Mary.
source: WordNet 3.0
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
He was solicited by a prostitute.
The young man was caught soliciting in the park.
source: WordNet 3.0
- incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make a solicitation or petition for something desired
She is too shy to solicit.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [sólicit] Hilingín; ipamanhík; iluhog
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
