v. 25B6; verb
Phil tried to solicit his help : ASK FOR, request, seek, apply for, put in for, call for, press for, beg, plead for; dated crave.
they are solicited for their opinions : ASK, beg, implore, plead with, entreat, appeal to, lobby, petition, importune, supplicate, call on, press; poetic/literary beseech.
the girls gathered to solicit : WORK AS A PROSTITUTE, make sexual advances, tout (for business); N. Amer. informal hustle.