SOLICIT

verb see: safe Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to make petition to ; entreat , to approach with a request or plea , to urge (as one's cause) strongly, 3. to entice or lure especially into evil, to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute, to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas , intransitive verb to make ~ation ; importune , to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money, see: ask