solicit

Meanings

• 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"
• make amorous advances towards
• approach with an offer of sexual favors
  • "he was solicited by a prostitute"
  • "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
• incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
  • "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"
• make a solicitation or petition for something desired
  • "She is too shy to solicit"

Synonyms

accost, beg, court, hook, romance, tap, woo