solicit

  • 51solicitation — solicit ► VERB (solicited, soliciting) 1) ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone. 2) ask for something from. 3) accost someone and offer one s or someone else s services as a prostitute. DERIVATIVES solicitation noun. ORI …

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  • 52beg — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. implore, beseech; ask alms. See poverty, request. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To ask earnestly or importunately] Syn. entreat, implore, beseech, ask, supplicate, crave, solicit, pray for, urge, plead, sue …

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  • 53importune — im·por·tune /ˌim pȯr tün, tyün; im pȯr ˌtyün, chən/ vb tuned, tun·ing vt: to press or urge with troublesome persistence who solicits, requests, commands, importune s or intentionally aids another person to engage in conduct which constitutes an …

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  • 54solicita — SOLICITÁ, solícit, vb. I. 1. A cere (cu stăruinţă) să i se acorde ceva, a se adresa cuiva cu o cerere. ♦ A ruga, a apela la..., a invita să... 2. A provoca, a trezi; a atrage. 3. A supune un corp unei acţiuni fizice (de tracţiune, torsiune,… …

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  • 55tout — I. verb Etymology: Middle English tuten to protrude, peer; probably akin to Old English tōtian to stick out, Norwegian tyte Date: circa 1700 transitive verb 1. to spy on ; watch 2. a. British to spy out information about (as a r …

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  • 56Peer review — For Wikipedia s Peer Review area, see Wikipedia:Peer review. For other uses, see Peer review (disambiguation). Peer review is a process of self regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the… …

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  • 57request — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Asking for Nouns 1. request, requisition, petition, plea, suit, prayer; motion, overture, application, proposition, proposal, offer, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe, orison, incantation; prayer (see …

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  • 58urge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. solicit, plead, importune, advocate, exhort, incite, instigate; press, push. n. impulse, desire, ambition. See necessity, request, cause. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To present favorably] Syn. favor,… …

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  • 59invite — invite, bid, solicit, court, woo are comparable when they mean to request or encourage a person or a thing to come to one or to fall in with one s plans or desires. Invite in its ordinary and usual sense implies a courteous request to go… …

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  • 60Beseech — Be*seech , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beseeching}.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be + sechen, seken, to seek. See {Seek}.] 1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. [1913… …

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